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Front Burner : Al Qaeda's Attack on the USS Cole

ISBN: 9781610391245 | 1610391241
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date: 4/10/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
On October 12, 2000, eleven months before the 9/11 attacks, Al Qaeda detonated a bomb alongside the USS Cole in the port of Aden in Yemen. The ship's commander, Kirk Lippold, knew in a matter of moments that the Cole had been attacked. What he didn't know was how much the world was changing around him. In this gripping first-person narrative, Lippold reveals the details of his harrowing experience leading a crew of valiant sailors through the deadliest terrorist attack on an American warship in history. He'll also explain how bureaucrats and po... MORE
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Damage to the USS Colep. xv
USS Cole: Killed in Actionp. xvii
USS Cole: Wounded in Actionp. xix
Introduction: Nightmarep. xxi
Destination USS Colep. 1
Deployment to the Middle Eastp. 23
A "Routine" Refueling Stopp. 37
Attackedp. 47
Saving the Shipp. 61
S... MOREp. 73
The Bucket Brigadep. 107
Assessing the Damagep. 135
Recovering the Fallenp. 151
Recovering From Stressp. 169
Underway Againp. 201
M/V Blue Marlin and USS Tarawap. 217
Investigation and Responsibilityp. 231
The Long Journey Homep. 267
Epiloguep. 297
Threat Condition Measuresp. 337
Notesp. 347
Indexp. 351
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