Isbn: 9780393047141 - a glimpse of hell: the explosion on the uss iowa and its cover-up (31 resultados)

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Hardback. Condición: Good. A harrowing account of a disaster at sea that, over a decade later, still reverberates through the ranks of the U.S. Navy. Early on an April morning, in the course of a routine training exercise in the Caribbean, the center gun in Turret Two of the recommissioned battleship USS Iowa blew up. The fireball that surged back into the seven-story death chamber released clouds of poisonous gases and ignited bags of powder, setting off further explosions. When firefighters finally battered open the escape hatch to the upper level of the turret, they saw bodies everywhere. At the base of the pit under the center gun room lay the remains of a sailor, much of his body missing. Tattooed on the upper left arm was a sailing ship with the words USS Iowa. Only one man on the battleship had a tattoo like that: second-class gunner's mate Clayton Hartwig. A botched investigation began mere hours after the deadly explosion. Captain Fred Moosally, an Annapolis football star who had recently taken command of the Iowa, declined an offer of assistance from a professional accident team aboard a nearby aircraft carrier. At his order, some 250 sailors labored to clean up the scarred turret, heaving immense steel plates and bulky pieces of equipment overboard and scrubbing off splatters of gore before painting the structure inside and out. Matters got even worse when the investigation began on land. A technical team managed to lose key evidence, two 2700-pound projectiles, in a locked storage facility, while conducting tests that proved nothing but the team's own incompetence. Squads from the Naval Investigative Service tried to twist testimony from grieving relatives of the slaughtered crew members. The concerted effort to pin blame for the Iowa explosion on Seaman Hartwig, supposedly acting to revenge a thwarted homosexual affair, ultimately destroyed careers up the chain of command of the U.S. Navy.…

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Condición: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condición: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Acceptable. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Acceptable reading copy with obvious signs of use, wear, and/or cosmetic issues. Item is complete and remains readable despite notable condition issues.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. lots of wear to the dj and a small piece torn away at the top of the spine.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. G/G, used, hc, 430 pages. Interior clean except extensive pencil notations on the ffep, scattered pencil circling, and underlining through text, binding tight. Edge wear to dj, small tear at tail of spine near upper, no chips.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. 1st Edition. W.W. Norton and Company, New York. 1999. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95); light bumping to head, tail, and top edge of DJ. Green paper over boards with dark green overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 430 pp 8vo. In April 1989 the center gun in Turret Two of the USS Iowa blew up on a training exercise. The damage was immense to the ship and resulted in 47 deaths. The Captain began an immediate clean-up of the area destroying all evidence and after his investigation claimed it was the result of a thwarted homosexual affair. The real answer was a cover-up of the Turret Two teams incompetence which the Captain desperately wanted to cover-up for his own career. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Very good 1999 hardcover with good dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. Hardcover in dust jacket. Black boards, near pristine. Protected dustjacket sharp and bright, mild shelf wear to edges. Book firm in binding, 430 pages include Index, b&w photographs. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Book Club Edition; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 430 pages. …

Hardcover. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG. First Edition. Inscribed & signed by the author. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; few small creases at edges/corners. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 430 pages. Inscribed and Signed by the author.

hardcover. Condición: Like New. Inscribed by author. Presentation copy inscribed to Paul Stillwell, a noted nautical military historian, author and retired naval author. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Signed.

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Condición: very good, very good. First Printing. 430, illus., sources, bibliography, index, some soiling to bottom edge.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Second Printing. 430, [2] pages. Illustrations. Sources. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author. Charles C. Thompson II was born on May 18, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA as Charles Clinton Thompson II. Mr. Thompson, a Navy combat veteran of the Vietnam War, was exposed to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange in the 1960s during a military assignment as a land-based spotter for naval gunfire in Southeast Asia. He was a producer and writer, known for 60 Minutes (1968), A Glimpse of Hell (2001) and 60 Minutes Wednesday (1999). He uncovered evidence pointing to a drug overdose as the cause of singer Elvis Presley's death. Charles C. Thompson II was a TV news producer who in 1991 helped expose mustard gas experiments on thousands of unwitting U.S. Navy recruits during World War II. He returned from the war ostensibly unscathed, but the effects of Agent Orange would surface nearly 30 years and forced his early retirement from CBS in 1995. A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up is a nonfiction book of investigative journalism, written by Charles C. Thompson II and published in 1999. The book describes the USS Iowa turret explosion that took place on April 19, 1989, and the subsequent investigations that tried to determine the cause. The explosion aboard the United States Navy battleship Iowa killed 47 of the turret's crewmen. Soon after the explosion, Thompson was informed by an Iowa crewman that the Navy was conducting a dishonest investigation into the cause of the tragedy. Thompson, a producer for the television newsmagazine 60 Minutes, later produced several television reports which disputed the Navy's conclusions as to what had caused the explosion. Based on his work for the 60 Minutes reports plus further investigation on his own, Thompson wrote A Glimpse of Hell. Thompson's book concluded that the Navy had orchestrated a cover-up to conceal the true cause of the explosion.…

Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 430 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. 1ST. Excellent Copy - Signed - Best Regards - By The Author On The Front Free End Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Very Mild Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 430 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.