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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book - insights into 1950-60s military Arctic ops
An intersting account highlighting US military and Soviet Arctic studies, with interludes briefly covering CIA propietary airlines and the development of the Fulton/Skyhook retrieval system. Points out why both countries considered the Arctic important for study for military purposes during the height of the Cold War. Well written, with firsthand accounts from the people...
Published on October 31, 1997 by dxnn46a@prodigy.com
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Long on history, short on drama
If you are a fan of the history of the period, you will like this book. It grinds on and on with dry dull facts. Better than 3/4 of the book is devoted to general cold war history. Only in the last 2-3 chapters is the drama of the mission told
Published on April 4, 2007 by Marshall Field
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book - insights into 1950-60s military Arctic ops,
By dxnn46a@prodigy.com (North Las Vegas NV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Project Coldfeet: Secret Missiom to a Soviet Ice Station (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series) (Hardcover)
An intersting account highlighting US military and Soviet Arctic studies, with interludes briefly covering CIA propietary airlines and the development of the Fulton/Skyhook retrieval system. Points out why both countries considered the Arctic important for study for military purposes during the height of the Cold War. Well written, with firsthand accounts from the people involved in a dramatic plan to parachute personnel near a just-evacuated Soviet ice station to reveal its secrets, then recover them with the first operational use of the Fulton recovery system, also known as Skyhook. (Seen in movies such as Thunderball and The Green Berets.)Highly recommended for anyone interested in Arctic studies or covert operations during the Cold War.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Long on history, short on drama,
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This review is from: Project Coldfeet: Secret Missiom to a Soviet Ice Station (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series) (Hardcover)
If you are a fan of the history of the period, you will like this book. It grinds on and on with dry dull facts. Better than 3/4 of the book is devoted to general cold war history. Only in the last 2-3 chapters is the drama of the mission told
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Project Coldfeet: Secret Missiom to a Soviet Ice Station (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series) by William M. Leary (Hardcover - Sept. 1996)
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