Above & beyond
Subtitle: John F. Kennedy and America's most dangerous Cold War spy mission
By: Casey Sherman & Michael J. Tougias
Contributors: Tougias, Mike, 1955- author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781610398046
Subjects: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Air pilots; Cold War; U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft); History
Other titles: Above and beyond
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."--provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index.