America's first lost nuclear weapon : broken arrow / Norman S. Leach.

Author/creator Leach, Norman, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoCalgary, Canada : Red Deer Press, ©2008.
Description203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Nuclear weapons--Accidents. --British Columbia. --Pacific Coast. --History.
Aircraft accidents--British Columbia. --Pacific Coast. --History.
Airplanes, Military--British Columbia. --Pacific Coast. --Accidents. --History.
Atomic bomb--United States. --History.

Contents America and the bomb -- The B-36 and the atomic bomb -- Curtis LeMay and the Strategic Air Command -- The flight of Ship 2075 -- The crash of Ship 2075 -- The search for Ship 2075 -- Ship 2075 rediscovered -- Controversy and conspiracy.
Abstract With the precision of an historian and gift of a storyteller, Norman Leach exposes the people, places and events behind one of North America's great Cold War mysteries and sheds light on an era of post-war tensions, nuclear proliferation, and the constant threat of the bomb itself.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011488595
ISBN9780889953482
ISBN0889953481

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TL533.33.C2 L43 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold