A Time to Die: The Kursk Disaster - Rilegato

Moore, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0679312021 ISBN 13: 9780679312024

Casa editrice: Random House of Canada Ltd, 2003

Riassunto

A real-life national security style thriller, rich in research and detail, A Time to Die portrays the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster, with all the excitement, immediacy and dramatic action of bestsellers such as A Perfect Storm and Black Hawk Down.

At 11:30 a.m. on August 12, 2000, two massive explosions shook the icy Arctic waters of the Barents Sea. The Kursk, one of the largest and most technologically advanced nuclear subs in the world, carrying a crew of 118 sailors, rapidly crashed to the ocean floor. Most of us still remember how the news of this terrible accident was reported around the world, and the agonizing tension of the days when the doomed crew waited for rescue, while the Russians seemed to be turning away all international offers of help -- until it was too late.

Award-winning journalist Robert Moore has written a thrilling and authoritative investigative account of these events. Here are the stories of families desperate for answers, Russian officials, international rescue teams, and U.S. submarine crews monitoring the Kursk’s movements. Moore not only recreates the terrifying final moments of the doomed submarine and its crew, but also explores what led up to the catastrophe, as well as the myriad issues raised by it. For example, readers will learn how the Cold War is still being waged beneath the world’s oceans; the truth behind the Russian claims of a collision with an American sub; and how Russian leaders fiercely debated how to respond to the humiliating loss of the submarine. Above all, Moore uses empathy and understanding to tell us what went on below the depths and behind the scenes of a maritime tragedy.

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“Robert Moore’s account of the Kursk disaster...is a gripping tale. It is a moving tragedy redeemed by acts of extraordinary courage, which Moore narrates with great dramatic skill. The book has the plot, the tension, and the excitement of a film.” -- Orlando Figes, author of A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution and Natasha's Dance

“ Gripping account... compelling reading... Moore’s incisive journalistic approach will remain the best English-language account of this event for some time .” -- Publisher's Weekly

“A gripping account.... This is a classic race-against-time story mixed with underwater espionage, individual heroism, harrowing attempts at rescue and Soviet-style secrecy. The book reads more like techno-thriller fiction than tragic fact.... [as it] chronicles the minutes, hours and days that followed as all hope for rescuing survivors faded away.... In many ways, this book is a snapshot of modern Russia’s potent mixture of Soviet-era secrecy and experimental openness.... Russia today is a lurid democracy wrapped in the remains of the Iron Curtain, and Moore has captured it perfectly.... fascinating.” -- The Globe and Mail

“A Time To Die is probably as thorough an account as is possible, given the top-secret aspects to the tale.... It’s nothing less than a gripping horror story.... The broad outline of the story is well known, but Moore fills in the details with remarkable historical depth and context.... Besides presenting the tragedy with all its inherent drama and international significance, Moore credibly portrays normal military life on and under the seas, as well. That’s no doubt as close as many readers will want to get to the real thing.” -- The Calgary Herald

“Moore has created a tension-filled thriller that grabs the imagination despite our knowledge of the sad outcome.” -- The Toronto Star

“A gripping account ... reads like a well-researched thriller." -- Times Literary Supplement

“Robert Moore’s account of the Kursk disaster is a gripping tale ... a moving tragedy redeemed by acts of extraordinary courage." -- Sunday Telegraph

“A fast-paced and absorbing account of the 2000 sinking of the Kursk and the political intrigue that followed...a fine job of reporting and a good read for Tom Clancy fans and students of contemporary world politics alike.”-- Kirkus Reviews

“A Time to Die is remarkable for its subject matter and style. This true account of the peacetime, accidental loss of a submarine and her crew is written in the tight, lean style that exemplifies excellent journalism... This tale is expertly narrated and the story’s excitement and drama persist through straightforward and unadorned language.”-- Associated Press

“With this gripping account of the Kursk’s death...Moore’s incisive journalistic approach will remain the best English-language account of this event for some time.” -- Publisher’s Weekly

“A Time to Die is a familiar story...and it is both sad and compellingly told.” -- Maclean’s

“Moore pieces together in excruciating detail the final days of those sailors...The writing is as tense and engaging as in any of the best espionage novels; the story even more so, because it’s true.” -- Kitchener-Waterloo Record

L'autore:

Robert Moore is an award-winning TV journalist who was ITN’s Moscow correspondent during the collapse of the Soviet Union, and subsequently served as their Middle East correspondent. Since 1997, he has been their foreign affairs editor, covering a wide range of international stories, including wars in Chechnya, Kosovo and Sierra Leone.

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• Editore: Random House of Canada Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0679312021
• ISBN 13: 9780679312024
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288