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02570aam a2200337 i 4500 001 E8E5DEA0629511EAAA75F64797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200310010244 007 n 008 190207s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2019006293 020 $a 0525505180 () 020 $a 9780525505181 () 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Houghton, Vince,. 245 1 $a Nuking the moon : $b and other intelligence schemes and military plots left on the drawing board / $c Vince Houghton. 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Penguin Books, $c [2019] 300 $a 1 online resource. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 $a Introduction : left on the drawing board -- Acoustic Kitty -- Operation Capricious -- Project X-Ray -- Project Fantasia -- Blue Peacock -- Project Washtub -- Operation Northwoods -- Felix and his rifle -- Project Seal -- Operation Monopoly -- Project Habakkuk -- Tagboard -- The Ducc -- The X-20 and the MOL -- Brilliant Pebbles -- The Sun Gun -- The Plowshare Program's strangest idea -- Protecting the Peacekeeper -- Project Iceworm -- Aircraft nuclear propulsion and Project Orion -- Project A119 -- Conclusion : and then what? 520 $a "In Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining--as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious--but always riveting--this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20190819. 650 $a Espionage, American $x History $y 20th century. 650 $a Military intelligence $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 $a Military research $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 $a Strategy. 651 $a United States $x Military policy. 710 $a Houghton, Vince, author., $d [New York] : Penguin Books, [2019]. 941 $a 1 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20200310042628.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E8E5DEA0629511EAAA75F64797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search