MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 03014cam 2200361Ii 4500
001 ocm22687464
003 OCoLC
005 20201111233407.0
008 901114t19901990nyu 000 1 eng d
040 $aOCO$beng$erda$cOCO$dBAKER$dOCLCQ$dCDX$dOCLCF$dCOH
020 $a0671662457$q(pbk.)
020 $a9780671662455$q(pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)22687464
050 4 $aPS3552.E1762$bA87 1990
082 04 $a813/.54$223
100 1 $aBeason, Doug,$eauthor.
245 10 $aAssault on alpha base /$cDoug Beason.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPocket Books,$c[1990]
264 4 $c©1990
300 $axi, 236 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aThe Greatest Power on Earth is about to be Stripped of its Defenses Alpha Base. It's the home of America's nuclear stockpile, over 5,000 warheads protected by a formidable high-tech security system deep in the salt flats of Nevada. If Alpha Base is ever penetrated, no one on earth will be safe....From the heart of remote Africa, a terrorist army has launched a daring plot.Their objective: seize Alpha and steal its deadly cache of superweapons.Their allies: American scientist Dr. Anthony Harding and his lover Vikki Osborrn, self-styled revolutionaries who'll blast a pathway to the base from its own backyard.Their adversary: Major William McGriffin, USAF; acting commander of the base. Cut off from his command post, McGriffin must implement a surgically precise counterstrike to retake Alpha-knowing that if he makes one mistake, the entire world will pay.
545 $aDoug is a 1977 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (dual B.S. in Physics and Mathematics), and holds an M.S. in Physics (University of New Mexico), an M.S. in National Resource Strategy (National Defense University), a Ph.D. in Physics (University of New Mexico), and was a military senior service school Distinguished Graduate from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. The author of over 100 scholarly papers, articles, and other publications, his book Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research, was awarded the National Defense University President's "Strategic Vision" award and was used as a textbook at National War College and the Air War College. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a Life Member of the U. S. Air Force Academy Association of Graduates, the Military Officers Association of America, and the Science Fiction Writers of America. An Eagle Scout, he has lived in Canada, the Philippine Islands, and Okinawa.
650 0 $aNuclear warfare$vFiction.
650 0 $aTerrorists$vFiction.
650 7 $aNuclear warfare.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01040920
650 7 $aTerrorists.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01148160
655 7 $aFiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423787
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c4.50$d3.60$i0671662457$n0001807248$sactive
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 13 OTHER HOLDINGS