Broken Arrow
How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb

Not quite the book I was expecting, but that might be a commentary on the nature of the incident in question, as on December 5, 1965, pilot Douglas Webster rolled tail-first off the carrier "Ticonderoga" while participating in an exercise involving an actual atomic weapon. In barely a minute the pil......more

A bit slow... ...and not what I expected from the blurb. The "Broken Arrow," the loss of an atomic bomb in an accident, is almost a minor event in the endless litany of events extracted from the ship's logbooks: what seaman cut his nose and who got drunk on shore leave, which sailor broke a rib, on a......more

(Audiobook) (2.5 stars) This work attempts to shed light on the crash of an A-4 bomber in 1965 from the deck of the carrier Ticonderoga, which was loaded with a nuclear weapon as part of a training sortie. From this incident, Winchester attempts to unveil the full story, from the aircrew involved, t......more

Secrets Remain … Business As Usual This book is interesting and revealing of some quiet truths about the military and its secrets. But is also rife with meaningless details about who banged his head on a bulkhead and who cut himself with his own knife. But why is that included? I suspect it is because......more

Historically accurate. A compilation of data as one would amass data before making a report. This is a clinical recitation. I gave it 4 stars because it did include 2 obscure references. Other than that it would have gotten only 2 stars. It was like reading a shopping list and about as entertaining.......more