"Kursk" - Russia's worst submarine disaster and it's cover-up (Hardcover)

In the worst peacetime disaster experienced by the Russian Navy, on 12 August 2000 the state-of-the-art nuclear-powered Kursk submarine sank with the loss of 118 officers and crew. The sinking was a humanitarian, environmental, and military catastrophe for Russia, and a powerful political reversal for President Putin.;But what really happened? Peter Truscott, former Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesperson in the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Security Committee, aims to provide the answers. An expert on Russia, with a modern history doctorate from Oxford University, Truscott has met President Mikhail Gorbachev, three Russian Prime Ministers, two parliamentary Speakers and the leaders of all Russia's political parties over the past decade. For this book, the author has also interviewed relatives of the crew; Russian, British and American nuclear submarine commanders; international torpedo experts; politicans; diplomats; British and Norwegian rescue teams and their leaders; submariners; seismologists and members of the defence and intelligence communities.;This work vividly re-creates the terrible final hours of the crew as they waited in vain for rescue at the bottom

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster (Trade Division)
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2002
Authors:	Peter Truscott
Dimensions:	240 x 159mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	221
ISBN-13:	978-0-7432-3072-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
LSN:	0-7432-3072-8
Barcode:	9780743230728

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