A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the U.S.S. Iowa and its Cover-Up

Charles C. Thompson II

ISBN 10: 0393047148 / ISBN 13: 9780393047141

Editore: W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY, 1999

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W.W. Norton and Company, New York. 1999. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95); light bumping to head, tail, and top edge of DJ. Green paper over boards with dark green overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 430 pp 8vo. In April 1989 the center gun in Turret Two of the USS Iowa blew up on a training exercise. The damage was immense to the ship and resulted in 47 deaths. The Captain began an immediate clean-up of the area destroying all evidence and after his investigation claimed it was the result of a thwarted homosexual affair. The real answer was a cover-up of the Turret Two teams incompetence which the Captain desperately wanted to cover-up for his own career. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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• Titolo: A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the U.S.S. Iowa and its Cover-Up
• Editore: W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393047148
• ISBN 13: 9780393047141
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Stampa: 2nd Printing
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good +
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Ships and Sailing
  • Military Administration and Doctrine
  • United States Navy

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Riassunto

Probes the explosion of the center gun on the USS Iowa, a disaster that instantly killed several sailors on board, and the fouled investigation that followed, resulting in a large-scale cover-up

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Book by Thompson II Charles C