Area 51
An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Format: Ebook
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xv, 523 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Presents a history of the most famous secret military installation in the world, assembled from interviews with the people who served there and formerly classified information.
Contents:
Prologue : The secret city -- The riddle of Area 51 -- Imagine a war of the worlds -- The secret base -- The seeds of a conspiracy -- The need-to-know -- Atomic accidents -- From ghost town to boomtown -- Cat and mouse becomes downfall -- The base builds back up -- Wizards of science, technology, and diplomacy -- What airplane? -- Covering up the cover-up -- Dull, dirty, and dangerous requires drones -- Drama in the desert -- The ultimate boys' club -- Operation Black Shield and the secret history of the USS Pueblo -- The MiGs of Area 51 -- Meltdown -- The lunar-landing conspiracy and other legends of Area 51 -- From camera bays to weapons bays, the Air Force takes control -- Revelation -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Military bases -- Nevada -- History.
Proving grounds -- Nevada -- History.
Military intelligence -- United States -- History.
Defense information, Classified -- United States -- History.
Military research -- United States -- History.
Undercover operations -- United States -- History.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
United States.
Area 51 (Nev.) -- History.
Area 51 (Nev.) -- Biography.
Military bases -- Nevada -- History.
Proving grounds -- Nevada -- History.
Military intelligence -- United States -- History.
Defense information, Classified -- United States -- History.
Military research -- United States -- History.
Undercover operations -- United States -- History.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
United States.
Area 51 (Nev.) -- History.
Area 51 (Nev.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780316193863
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.