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 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.
