October Fury
by Peter Huchthausen
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Huchthausen knows the hidden history of the Cuban missile crisis . . . October Fury contains startling revelations. -- TOM CLANCY Drama on the high seas as the world holds its breath It was the most spectacular display of brinkmanship in the Cold War era. In October 1962, President Kennedy risked inciting a nuclear war to prevent the Soviet Union from establishing missile bases in Cuba. The risk, however, was far greater than Kennedy realized. October Fury uncovers startling new information show more about the Cuban missile crisis and the potentially calamitous confrontation between U.S. Navy destroyers and Soviet submarines in the Atlantic. Peter Huchthausen, who served as a junior ensign aboard one of the destroyers, reveals that a single shot fired by any U.S. warship could have led to an immediate nuclear response from the Soviet submarines. This riveting account re-creates those desperate days of confrontation from both the American and Russian points of view and discloses detailed information about Soviet operational plans and the secret orders given to submarine commanders. It provides an engrossing, behind-the-scenes look at the technical and tactical functions of two great navies along with stunning portraits of the officers and sailors on both sides who were determined to do their duty even in the most extreme circumstances. As absorbing and detailed as a Tom Clancy novel, this real-life suspense thriller is destined to become a classic of naval literature. show lessTags
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Absolutely great book. Part personal memoir and part memoir for the other side. The author was there during the Cuban Missile Crisis serving aboard one of the destroyers that forced one of the Russian subs to service. The author not only fleshes out his account with other information on the US side but does so from eye witnesses on the Russian side as well. Very insightful into how razors edge the Missile Crisis was.
Fascinating account of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the decks of a U.S. destroyer where Huchthausen was a junior officer. It's combination a thrilling memoir/history of Russian submarine actions and U.S. counter measures during that frightening October, 1962 when we all thought the world might be coming to an end (and damn near did.)
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Captain Peter Huchthausen, U.S. Navy (retired), served as an analyst of the Soviet navy, a submarine expert, and a naval attache in Yugoslavia, Romania, and Moscow. His many tours of duty included serving as a watch officer during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and as a patrol officer in Vietnam's Mekong Delta in 1967. In addition to his writing, he show more is a consultant, most recently on the film K-19. He lives in Maine show less
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- History, Nonfiction
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- 973.922 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001) Dwight D. Eisenhower, 2nd Term (1953-1961) Sputnik Crisis, Little Rock Crisis, National Aeronautics and Space Act
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- E841 .H83 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963
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