| Above and Beyond: John F. Kennedy and America's Most Dangerous Cold War Spy Mission Contributor(s): Sherman, Casey (Author), Tougias, Michael J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1610398041 ISBN-13: 9781610398046 Publisher: PublicAffairs OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage - History | Military - Aviation |
| Dewey: 973.922 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.20 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Selected as a Top 10 Nonfiction Books to Read (2018) by the MA Book Awards |