Rehearsing for Doomsday
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Rehearsing for Doomsday: Memoir of a Nuclear Missile Crew Commander

Rehearsing for Doomsday: Memoir of a Nuclear Missile Crew Commander


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In 1988, Scott Cook was a boarding school PE teacher responsible for the proper inflation of dodge balls. A year later, he was operating an underground strategic missile control center with 10 intercontinental nuclear weapons capable of obliterating an entire country. This unexpected journey took him from the serene hills of Virginia through months of intensive training on the California coast to the front lines of the Cold War, beneath the frozen plains of North Dakota. His frank, entertaining memoir describes the insular and secretive military subculture of men and women who lived with the sobering burden of potentially unleashing global devastation, and how an easy-going gym coach ended up in an organization whose unofficial motto was "To err is human; to forgive is not Strategic Air Command policy."

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. How Did I Get Here? Chapter 2. Those Who Can’t Teach… Chapter 3. Choose Your Service Chapter 4. Paper Underwear Chapter 5. What Kind of School Is This? Chapter 6. A Cold War Education Chapter 7. The Pointy End Goes Up, Gentlemen Chapter 8. The Box Chapter 9. Riders May Experience Slight Turbulence Chapter 10. Right Justified? Chapter 11. E(woe) Is Me Chapter 12. California’s Endless Fall Chapter 13. Go North, Young Man Chapter 14. Yes, But a Very Smart Monkey Chapter 15. Sleeping on Alert Chapter 16. The Missileer Code Chapter 17. How to Unbutton a Launch Silo Chapter 18. Women in the Man Cave Chapter 19. Why So Testy? Chapter 20. North Dakota—Vacationland USA! Chapter 21. The Missile Olympics Chapter 22. The Pit vs. the Cockpit Chapter 23. The Monster in the Drawer Chapter 24. Talking Shop Chapter 25. It’s Not the Blast That Will Kill You Chapter 26. Grooving to the Groobers Chapter 27. Jail Break Chapter 28. The Cape Crusader Index

About the Author :
Scott Cook is a former boarding school teacher and retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. He lives in Melbourne, Florida.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781476686370
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 188
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Memoir of a Nuclear Missile Crew Commander
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1476686378
  • Publisher Date: 20 Oct 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 188
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 335 gr


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