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Author Dean, Josh, author.

Title The taking of K-129 : how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history / Josh Dean.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Dutton, [2017]

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Description 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-420) and index.
Summary A true story of Cold War espionage and engineering reveals how the CIA and the U.S. Navy, using the involvement of Howard Hughes as a cover story, spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine after it sank in the Pacific Ocean.
Subject K-129 (Submarine)
Glomar Explorer (Ship)
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot -- Submarine forces -- History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
Glomar Explorer (Ship) (OCoLC)fst00523227
K-129 (Submarine) (OCoLC)fst01626620
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot. (OCoLC)fst00538615
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. (OCoLC)fst00536259
Jennifer Project.
Submarine disasters -- Soviet Union.
Jennifer Project. (OCoLC)fst00982296
Submarine disasters. (OCoLC)fst01136615
Submarine forces. (OCoLC)fst01136618
Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title How the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history
ISBN 9781101984437 (hardcover)
1101984430 (hardcover)
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