Christopher Vance: Operation Paul Bunyan

Cover: 9783565274666 | Operation Paul Bunyan | Christopher Vance | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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In August 1976, two American officers entered the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea to prune a massive poplar tree that was blocking the view between two allied checkpoints. Minutes later, they were brutally hacked to death with axes by North Korean guards. The unprovoked murders brought the entire Korean peninsula to the absolute brink of nuclear [...] United States had to retaliate to project strength, but a military strike would likely trigger World War III with the Soviet Union and China. The solution was "Operation Paul Bunyan"-the most overwhelmingly armed, hyper-aggressive logging mission the world has ever seen. The US sent in a convoy of engineers with chainsaws to cut down the tree, backed by a massive armada of B-52 bombers, fighter jets, attack helicopters, and thousands of heavily armed troops waiting just out of [...] gripping military history reconstructs the terrifying tension of those tense summer days. It delves into the strategy of overwhelming intimidation and the delicate psychological warfare of the Cold War, where a single misstep could have annihilated millions.Experience the pulse-pounding true story of a geopolitical standoff unlike any other. Discover how the fate of the world briefly rested on a convoy of engineers determined to cut down a single tree under the crosshairs of an entire army.

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Empfohlen (bis):	99
Empfohlen (von):	1
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9783565274666
ISBN-10:	3565274662
Sprache:	Englisch
Autor:	Vance, Christopher
Hersteller:	epubli
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, D-10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit@epubli.com
Maße:	9 x 210 x 297 mm
Von/Mit:	Christopher Vance
Gewicht:	0,389 kg