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Above & beyond : John F. Kennedy and America's most dangerous Cold War spy mission

Title: Above & beyond : John F. Kennedy and America's most dangerous Cold War spy mission / Casey Sherman & Michael J. Tougias.
Author: Sherman, Casey, 1969-
Publication: New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2018.

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Additional Authors

Tougias, Michael J., 1955-

Description

viii, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"From the authors of the bestselling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the ominous two weeks of the Cold War's terrifying peak, two things saved humanity: the strategic wisdom of John F. Kennedy and the U-2 aerial spy program. On October 27, 1962, Kennedy, strained from back pain, sleeplessness, and days of impossible tension, was briefed about a missing spy plane. Its pilot, Chuck Maultsby, was on a surveillance mission over the North Pole, but had become disoriented and steered his plane into Soviet airspace. If detected, its presence there could be considered an act of war. As the president and his advisers wrestled with this information, more bad news came: another U-2 had gone missing, this one belonging to Rudy Anderson. His mission: to photograph missile sites over Cuba. For the president, any wrong move could turn the Cold War nuclear. Above and Beyond is the intimate, gripping account of the lives of these three war heroes, brought together on a day that changed history."--provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Above and beyond

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 18-4465

ISBN

1610398041
9781610398046

OCLC

1003311930

Author

Sherman, Casey, 1969- author.

Title

Above & beyond : John F. Kennedy and America's most dangerous Cold War spy mission / Casey Sherman & Michael J. Tougias.

Publisher

New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2018.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Tougias, Michael J., 1955- author.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-4465

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