Last of the Glow Worms

Last of the Glow Worms Memoir of a Nuclear Weapons Technician at the End of the Cold War

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Publisher's Synopsis

From the early 1950s until 1992, the U.S. Army deployed thousands of nuclear warheads throughout Europe as a deterrent to Soviet ambitions. The end of the Cold War saw the decommissioning of much of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the phasing out of support personnel. This memoir by one of the Army's last ""glow worms"" chronicles his career as a nuclear weapons specialist from 17-year-old recruit to participant in Operation Silent Echo, codename for the removal of all tactical warheads throughout Asia and Europe.

Book information

ISBN: 9781476671352
Publisher: McFarland
Imprint: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 355.0092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: v, 183
Weight: 270g
Height: 150mm
Width: 224mm
Spine width: 20mm