{"product_id":"9781101210901","title":"Battleground Atlantic: How the Sinking of a Single Japanese Submarine Assured the Outcome of WW II","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe true story of a German-Japanese scheme to turn much of America into a radioactive wasteland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the early hours of June 24, 1944, U.S. Navy warplanes patrolling the Atlantic attacked a Japanese submarine known as the \u003ci\u003eI-52\u003c\/i\u003e. But this was more than the sinking of one more enemy warship. It was an event of enormous strategic importance. For the \u003ci\u003eI-52\u003c\/i\u003e’s mission was to return to Japan with the lethal ingredients of a doomsday weapon—the radiological bomb—which remained a government secret for years.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eI-52\u003c\/i\u003e’s resting place—18,000 feet below the surface of the mid-Atlantic—became public in 1995, when discovered by ship salvager Paul Tidwell. Author Richard N. Billings has worked with Tidwell—whose attempts to salvage the \u003ci\u003eI-52\u003c\/i\u003e’s precious gold cargo continue—in bringing her secret mission to light. This is also the story of how the \u003ci\u003eI-52\u003c\/i\u003e mission may have influenced President Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, thereby saving the United States from a similar fate.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119010431216,"sku":"9781101210901","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101210901_p0.jpg?v=1763686418","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101210901","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}