Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship (Tom Clancy's Military Reference) Mass Market Paperback – January 8, 2002 by Tom Clancy (Author), John Gresham
 
Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Clancy’s magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, every civilian can enter this top secret world and experience the drama and excitement of this stunning technological achievement…the weapons, the procedures, the people themselves…the startling facts behind the fiction that made Tom Clancy a #1 bestseller.
Submarine includes:
 
Exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
Mock war scenarios and weapons launch procedures
An inside look at life on board, from captain to crew, from training exercises to operations
The fascinating history and evolution of submarines
PLUS: Tom Clancy’s controversial views on submariner tactics and training methods
 
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