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- catalog abstract ""In the worst peacetime disaster experienced by the Russian Navy, on 12 August 2000 the state-of-the-art nuclear-powered Kursk submarine sank with the loss of 118 officers and crew. The sinking was a humanitarian, environmental, military and political catastrophe for Russia, and a powerful reversal for President Putin's standing both at home and abroad." "But what really happened? Did, as the Russians initially claimed, a British or American submarine actually collide with the Kursk, causing the fatal explosion in the bow? Or was an outmoded fuel type to blame, igniting disastrously when one of the torpedoes started dry-running in its tube? And why, hours after the initial explosion, did the Russians prevaricate catastrophically when there was still a chance to rescue some of the crew?"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12630967.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""In the worst peacetime disaster experienced by the Russian Navy, on 12 August 2000 the state-of-the-art nuclear-powered Kursk submarine sank with the loss of 118 officers and crew. The sinking was a humanitarian, environmental, military and political catastrophe for Russia, and a powerful reversal for President Putin's standing both at home and abroad." "But what really happened? Did, as the Russians initially claimed, a British or American submarine actually collide with the Kursk, causing the fatal explosion in the bow? Or was an outmoded fuel type to blame, igniting disastrously when one of the torpedoes started dry-running in its tube? And why, hours after the initial explosion, did the Russians prevaricate catastrophically when there was still a chance to rescue some of the crew?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. (198)--201).".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages (198)-201).".
- catalog extent "xix, 201 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Kursk.".
- catalog identifier "0743230728 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Kursk.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Simon & Schuster,".
- catalog relation "Kursk.".
- catalog spatial "Barents Sea.".
- catalog spatial "Russia (Federation)".
- catalog subject "Kursk (Submarine)".
- catalog subject "Russia (Federation). Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot Submarine forces.".
- catalog subject "Submarine disasters Barents Sea.".
- catalog subject "Submarine disasters Russia (Federation)".
- catalog subject "VK1281.R8 T78 2002".
- catalog title "Kursk : Russia's lost pride / Peter Truscott.".
- catalog type "text".