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Blue Moon Over Cuba 9781780960715 (D)
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- ISBN
- 9781780960715
- Book Title
- Blue Moon over Cuba : Aerial Reconnaissance During the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Item Length
- 9.9in
- Original Language
- English
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / Strategy, Modern / 20th Century, Military / United States, Military / Aviation
- Item Width
- 6.6in
- Item Weight
- 22.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Most books on the Cuban Missile Crisis tell the story using the memoirs of those who advised President Kennedy as he struggled to avoid World War III. This book is the only known personal account of the lead photographic reconnaissance squadron's scouting dangerous low-level operations, flying the supersonic RF-8A Crusader, during the classified Operation Blue Moon. Captain Ecker was the commanding officer of US Navy Light Photographic Squadron 62 (VFP-62, otherwise known as "Fightin' Photo") during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a team created for reconnaissance and aerial photography, and consulted on the movie Thirteen Days, which included dramatic scenes of his first mission over Cuba on October 23, 1962. Blue Moon over Cuba is an authoritative and complete account of the low-level reconnaissance that might be said to have helped JFK avert nuclear Armageddon.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1780960719
ISBN-13
9781780960715
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111990940
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blue Moon over Cuba : Aerial Reconnaissance During the Cuban Missile Crisis
Original Language
English
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / Strategy, Modern / 20th Century, Military / United States, Military / Aviation
Publication Year
2012
Genre
History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.6in
Item Weight
22.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Vg93
Reviews
"This new book is based on the memoir of a recently-deceased CO of the U. S. Navy RF-8 squadron that flew the first, productive low-level missions over Cuba, and refined with material that only personal experience can bring by a former enlisted technician serving with that squadron at that time. The account provides several viewpoints into a highly readable and creditable story of just exactly how the Navy and Marine Corps aviators and gound crews contributed to the American response to the Soviets' highly provocative act of placing nuclear-armed missiles a scant 90 miles from the U. S. ... All in all, this new book is very welcome as the 50th anniversary of the crisis approaches. It is well worth reading from many perspectives, especially as an account of those tension-filled days when the entire world stood so close to the brink of its own destruction." -- Peter Mersky, Wings of Gold (Fall 2012) "This book is extensively researched: it gives an even-handed and unbiased account of the US, Soviet and Cuban perspectives leading up to, during, and after October 1962." -- Jerry Jackson, BookMark, www.WPSU.org (September 2012) "Many books have been written about [the Cuban Missile Crisis] and the decisions made by the president and his advisors, but none have covered the details of the Blue Moon aerial reconnaissance missions and the men who flew them ... The photos in the book are superb, and their excellent captions add greatly to bringing the story of CAPT Ecker and his squadron to life ... This is a great book and highly recommended." -- Doug Siegfried, The Hook (Fall 2012) "It is no exaggeration to say the book reads like a suspense thriller--no small feat, this being Jack's first book." -- www.speedreraders.info "An entirely new perspective on the crisis, and is a must for any collection strong in either military topics or American history." -- The Midwest Book Review (November 2012), "This book is extensively researched: it gives an even-handed and unbiased account of the US, Soviet and Cuban perspectives leading up to, during, and after October 1962." --Jerry Jackson, BookMark, www.WPSU.org (September 2012), "This book is extensively researched: it gives an even-handed and unbiased account of the US, Soviet and Cuban perspectives leading up to, during, and after October 1962." --Jerry Jackson, BookMark, www.WPSU.org (September 2012) "Many books have been written about [the Cuban Missile Crisis] and the decisions made by the president and his advisors, but none have covered the details of the Blue Moon aerial reconnaissance missions and the men who flew them ... The photos in the book are superb, and their excellent captions add greatly to bringing the story of CAPT Ecker and his squadron to life ... This is a great book and highly recommended." --Doug Siegfried, The Hook (Fall 2012) "This new book is based on the memoir of a recently-deceased CO of the U. S. Navy RF-8 squadron that flew the first, productive low-level missions over Cuba, and refined with material that only personal experience can bring by a former enlisted technician serving with that squadron at that time. The account provides several viewpoints into a highly readable and creditable story of just exactly how the Navy and Marine Corps aviators and gound crews contributed to the American response to the Soviets' highly provocative act of placing nuclear-armed missiles a scant 90 miles from the U. S. ... All in all, this new book is very welcom as the 50th anniversary of the crisis approaches. It is well worth reading from many perspectives, especially as an account of those tension-filled days when the entire world stood so close to the brink of its own destruction." --Peter MErsky, Wings of Gold (Fall 2012)
Copyright Date
2012
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