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K-19 The Widowmaker: The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine

K-19 The Widowmaker: The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine
Peter A. Huchthausen
HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 243 PAGES

This companion to the film of the same name describes the race against time to prevent the meltdown of a nuclear reactor aboard the first Soviet ballistic missile boat in 1961. Former U.S. Navy antisubmarine expert Peter Huchthausen tells this stunning true story of captain Nikolai Zateyev and crew's life saving heroics. Includes rare archival photographs, movie stills and an afterward by director Kathryn Bigelow.  (RUS187, $16.00)





 
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