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Above and Beyond de Casey Sherman

Above and Beyond

Autor Casey Sherman, Michael J Tougias
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 apr 2018

Evoluția istoriografiei Războiului Rece a migrat în ultimele decenii de la analiza pur geopolitică spre o înțelegere profund umană a momentelor de criză. În această lucrare, descoperim o reconstrucție metodică a celor mai tensionate două săptămâni din istoria modernă, focalizată pe data critică de 27 octombrie 1962. Considerăm că forța acestui volum rezidă în capacitatea autorilor de a pune în paralel presiunea decizională de la Casa Albă cu realitatea tehnică și psihologică din carlinga avioanelor de spionaj U-2. Premisa se concentrează pe destinele a doi piloți, Rudy Anderson și Chuck Maultsby, ale căror misiuni de supraveghere deasupra Cubei și Polului Nord au adus omenirea la un pas de conflict nuclear. Stilul este cel al unui roman polițist documentat riguros, unde ritmul narativ reflectă urgența evenimentelor istorice. Lucrarea extinde cadrul propus de One Minute To Midnight de Michael Dobbs cu date noi din perspectiva programului de spionaj aerian, oferind detalii tehnice care completează viziunea politică a lui Dobbs. Față de Defcon-2, care rămâne o referință pentru contextul militar general, Above and Beyond personalizează conflictul prin portretele intime ale eroilor implicați. Casey Sherman aplică aici aceeași metodă de cercetare a faptului divers transformat în epopee pe care am întâlnit-o în The Finest Hours, însă miza este acum globală, nu doar locală. Spre deosebire de explorările sale în zona criminalității din Helltown sau Blood in the Water, această lucrare demonstrează maturitatea autorului în gestionarea istoriei militare, păstrând totodată suspansul caracteristic operelor sale anterioare.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781610398046
ISBN-10: 1610398041
Pagini: 360
Dimensiuni: 161 x 244 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este esențială pentru cititorii pasionați de istorie militară și spionaj, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra piloților U-2 care au zburat în condiții de stres extrem. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere clară a modului în care erorile umane și deciziile individuale pot influența politica globală. Este o recomandare solidă pentru cei care caută o relatare documentată, dar scrisă cu dinamismul unei opere de beletristică.

Despre autor

Casey Sherman este un jurnalist de investigație premiat cu premiul Edward R. Murrow și autorul a numeroase volume de succes, printre care Animal și A Murder in Hollywood. Expertiza sa în transformarea evenimentelor reale în narațiuni captivante este dublată de o activitate intensă în televiziune, fiind nominalizat la premiile Emmy. În Above and Beyond, Sherman colaborează din nou cu Michael J Tougias, aplicând rigoarea jurnalistică asupra istoriei Războiului Rece, o schimbare de registru de la temele sale frecvente de tip true crime, precum cele din Blood in the Water.

Descriere scurtă

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.

Notă biografică

Casey Sherman is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of seven books: The Finest Hours, Boston Strong, Animal, A Rose for Mary, Bad Blood, Black Irish, and Black Dragon. Both The Finest Hours and Boston Strong have been made into major motion pictures. He received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Journalistic Excellence as a member of the CBS Boston news team, and has been nominated for an Emmy Award. A featured guest on major television networks and news programs, Sherman has lectured at the National Press Club and the US Coast Guard Command Center in Washington, DC. He lives in Marshfield, Massachusetts.


Michael J. Tougias is the author and coauthor of twenty-nine books, including So Close to Home (Pegasus, 2016), Rescue of the Bounty (Scribner, 2014), A Storm too Soon (Scribner, 2013), The Finest Hours (Scribner, 2010), Fatal Forecast (Scribner, 2007), and Ten Hours Until Dawn (St Martin's Press, 2005). Tougias has written for the New York Times and several other prestigious magazines and newspapers, and has lectured across the country to groups as diverse as Fortune 500 Corporations, Associations and Public Libraries. He lives in Massachusetts and Florida.

Recenzii

"The authorseloquently convey the difficulties and tensions involved in the [U-2] flights,dramatically magnified during the crisis, when miscalculations could instigatedisastrous response by either side....This superbly written, tense, andsometimes sad account views the Cuban Missile Crisis from an unusual andtelling perspective."—Booklist, starred
"Unfolds like a spy thriller and serves as an unnerving cautionary talein a time of reckless brinksmanship."—Boston Globe
"A novelisticapproach that involves dramatically recreated scenes and interweaving storylines... The focus on twolesser-known figures gives the book an added dimension beyond other CubanMissile Crisis histories....[Above & Beyond] hums when describing thestrategic maneuvering in Washington.... The authors will leave readers with a greater appreciation of the workrequired to combat the 'miscalculations, incorrect interpretations, andbreakdowns in command and control that could lead to war'."—Publishers Weekly
"Sherman and Tougiaspresent an absorbing account of heroic U-2 pilots Rudolph Anderson and CharlesMaultsby and their harrowing missions.... Fascinating."—Library Journal
"The authors have assembled a page-turning narrative. An edifying historythat, given America's current global diplomatic stance, is also timely andhopefully instructive to those faced with similarly dire circumstances."—Kirkus Reviews
"A you-are-thereretelling of the Cold War's scariest hours."—Military Times
"A fast-paced read with exciting recollections of thistumultuous time guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat....thrillingand nerve-wracking....Even though you know the outcome, it's still enough to getthe heart pounding and palms sweating as Kennedy ponders and the U-2 pilotssoar into the cross-hairs of history."—Providence Journal
"Readers get a frontrow seat to a dramatic moment in history."—Cape Cod Times
"Here is the Cuban Missile Crisis as you've never seen it before:through the eyes of the men who flew over the island at 72,000 feet,photographing the missiles that confronted Kennedy with the real possibility ofnuclear war. Sherman and Tougias tell their story with pace, riveting newdetail, and tremendous economy of style. To be read at one sitting with a stiffScotch at your elbow."—Giles Whittell, New York Times bestselling author of Bridge of Spies
"Above and Beyond is a thrilling, inspiring story that wouldmake for relevant reading in any era, but today feels essential. It takesyou inside the rooms, inside the cockpits, and sometimes inside the mindsof the people confronting the most dangerous moments in human history. Atribute to true patriotism and courage, this book reminds usthat the bravest warriors, the ones who make the biggest differences, areoften the ones who never fire a shot."—Jeffrey E. Stern, coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris
"The Cuban Missile Crisis: it may be the most terrifying thirteen daysin human history. Live it again in Above and Beyond, the riveting newbook by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias. Climb aboard the most famous spyplane of them all, the legendary U-2, and photograph missile sites. Take a seatin the White House Situation Room to deliberate with President Kennedy on thosephotographs. Turn the pages all night and marvel yet again at the intrepidbravery of those pilots, and at the leadership that was calm, thoughtful, andsteady, yet resolute in the face of unimaginably high stakes. It's an adventureyarn worthy of a great spy novelist and a cautionary tale for our dangeroustimes."—William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Back Bay and Bound for Gold
"Intriguing... reassuring and disquieting.Reminds us of how resilient, inspired and successful American military,industrial and political leadership could be in the direst days of the ColdWar."—Wall Street Journal
"Just when you thinkthe story can't get any better there is a cover-up."—The Patriot Ledger
"An exciting accountof the Cuban Missile Crisis with plenty of detail about the spyplanes and thebrave men who flew them...The authors of the best-selling The Finest Hours haveworked their magic again with this engaging true-life thriller."—Aviation History