Rehearsing for Doomsday - Memoir of a Nuclear Missile Crew Commander (Paperback)

In 1988, Scott Cook was a boarding school PE teacher responsible for the proper inflation of dodge balls. A year later, he was operating an underground strategic missile control center with 10 intercontinental nuclear weapons capable of obliterating an entire country. This unexpected journey took him from the serene hills of Virginia through months of intensive training on the California coast to the front lines of the Cold War, beneath the frozen plains of North Dakota. His frank, entertaining memoir describes the insular and secretive military subculture of men and women who lived with the sobering burden of potentially unleashing global devastation, and how an easy-going gym coach ended up in an organization whose unofficial motto was "To err is human; to forgive is not Strategic Air Command policy.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Scott Cook
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-8637-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Nuclear weapons Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4766-8637-8
Barcode:	9781476686370

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