Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying a bunch of hydrogen bombs crashed into the ice up there?
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The reading list for these Thule episodes is below:
Fifteen Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation, by L. Douglas Keeney
Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
Project Crested Ice: The Thule Nuclear Accident (SAC Historical Study)
'Greenland and its Relevance to North American Security', Naval War College Review, Vol 32, No. 6
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