Globemaster Down

Praise for Globemaster Down

“The ‘unsolved, untold mystery’ of a missing Air Force plane … After 75 years, the investigation files and the details of the flight mission are still classified, leading to conspiracy theories aplenty and frustrated family members still seeking answers … A highly readable account of a story that ‘fell into a historical black hole.’” —Kirkus Reviews

“Globemaster Down unearths decades of secrecy and masterfully resurrects one of the Cold War’s most haunting and hidden mysteries, blending relentless investigative journalism with the tension of a first-rate thriller. Meticulously researched and powerfully written, it grips you from the first page—a must-read for anyone who loves military history told with pulse-pounding authenticity.” —W. Craig Reed, New York Times bestselling author of Red November

“An expertly woven tale of nuclear gamesmanship, espionage, possible sabotage, and seemingly ongoing government cover-ups, Globemaster Down is a thoroughly researched and engrossing page-turner. Highly recommended.” —Stephen Harding, New York Times bestselling author of G.I. G-Men and The Last Battle

“Pulitzer Prize winner Tod Robberson—who has distinguished himself as one of the most intrepid reporters in the business—has marshaled his formidable skills to pry from government archives the propulsive story of a secret Cold War mission gone horribly awry, weaving the stunning details into a book that crackles with all the elements of a first-rate thriller: a lost American bomber, a missing nuclear weapon, and a heartbreaking backstory of love, loss, tragedy, and betrayal.” —Gregg Jones, author of Most Honorable Son and Last Stand at Khe Sanh and Pulitzer Prize finalist

“Globemaster Down reads like the plot of a Kathryn Bigelow movie, except it really happened. It’s not easy for any investigative writer to take on a historical cold case this cold, especially one cloaked in the sort of mythology and secrecy that surrounds this story, yet Tod Robberson tenaciously works around these inherent restrictions to explore all the logical—and not-so-logical—scenarios that might explain the cause of one of the worst air disasters in American military history.” —Jesse Fink, author of The Eagle in the Mirror

“What happened? is the core question at the center of both the Cold War and Tod Robberson’s Globemaster Down. Telling a previously untold story that is at once exciting, heartbreaking, intriguing, and mysterious, the crash of Air Force atomic transport 49-244 remains as inexplicable today as it was in 1951. Robberson gives readers the facts that put them in the role of investigator—and a chance to determine for themselves exactly what happened to a special plane, fifty-three Americans, and an unknown cargo, all amid the most tense standoff in world history.” —Trevor Albertson, author of Winning Armageddon: Curtis LeMay and Strategic Air Command, 1948–1957 and former Air Force intelligence officer

“Tod Robberson’s gripping narrative exposes the hidden Cold War fears, atomic-era stakes, and human frailties behind one of the U.S. Air Force’s most enduring unsolved mysteries. Globemaster Down is not to be missed!” —Mike Croissant, author of Bombing Hitler’s Hometown: The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe and retired CIA officer

Tod Robberson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent four decades as a reporter, bureau chief, correspondent, and editor for various news organizations, including The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ESPN, and Reuters. He has lived in London, Panama, Mexico, Cyprus, El Salvador, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia, and holds a master’s degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He has covered wars throughout Latin America, the Middle East, and Afghanistan, and has provided guest commentary for CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Sky News, and Telemundo.

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