Second Strike

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Second Strike is a military thriller novel by Richard P. Henrick that explores the tensions and high-stakes decision-making aboard a U.S. nuclear submarine during a Cold War crisis.

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instanceOf military thriller novel
novel
techno-thriller
author Richard P. Henrick NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresTheme command responsibility
escalation of conflict
military ethics
nuclear deterrence
tension between duty and conscience
focusesOn Cold War crisis escalation NERFINISHED
high-stakes decision-making aboard a nuclear submarine
genre Cold War fiction
military fiction
naval fiction
thriller
hasMainCharactersType U.S. Navy crew
submarine officers
hasSubject Cold War military tensions NERFINISHED
U.S. Navy NERFINISHED
nuclear weapons
strategic deterrence
submarine warfare
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
literaryCategory popular fiction
literaryForm prose
narrativePerspective third-person
partOfAuthorSpecialty naval and submarine thrillers by Richard P. Henrick
primarySetting U.S. nuclear submarine
settingPeriod Cold War NERFINISHED

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