Nuking the moon : and other intelligence schemes and military plots left on the drawing board /

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 World War II and the Cold War went from conception, plann...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Houghton, Vince (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Books, [2019]
Subjects:	Military research > United States > History > 20th century. Military intelligence > United States > History > 20th century. Espionage, American > History > 20th century. Strategy. United States > Military policy.

Table of Contents:

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?