Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board

by Vince Houghton

Book Overview

The International Spy Museum's Historian takes us on a wild tour of missions and schemes that almost happened, but were ultimately deemed too dangerous, expensive, ahead of their time, or even certifiably insane.

"Compulsively readable laugh out loud history." --Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Grunt and Stiff

In 1958, the U.S. Air Force nuked the moon as a show of military force...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525505172
• ISBN13: 9780525505174
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"