<p>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?</p><br><p>There's a bonus pod which accompanies this episode. You can grab it here, and get ad-free listening for the whole pod archive, at www.patreon.com/atomichobo </p><br><p>The reading list for these Thule episodes is below:</p><br><p><em>Fifteen Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation</em>, by L. Douglas Keeney</p><br><p><em>Command and Control</em> by Eric Schlosser</p><br><p><em>Project Crested Ice: The Thule Nuclear Accident </em>(SAC Historical Study)</p><br><p>'Greenland and its Relevance to North American Security', <em>Naval War College Review</em>, Vol 32, No. 6</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>