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October Fury

October Fury Paperback - 2003

by Peter A. Huchthausen

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Details

  • Title October Fury
  • Author Peter A. Huchthausen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Printing
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 281
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0471468843I5N00
  • ISBN 9780471468844 / 0471468843
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.93 x 5.76 x 0.77 in (22.68 x 14.63 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, United States - History, Naval - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002071333
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.9

From the rear cover

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 information 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. As absorbing and detailed as a Tom Clancy novel, this real-life suspense thriller is destined to become a classic of naval literature.

About the author

Captain Peter A. Huchthausen, U.S. Navy (Retired) has had a distinguished career at sea, as a Soviet naval analyst, and as a naval attache in Yugoslavia, Romania, and in the Soviet Union. He is now a consultant and writer. He lives in Maine.