C-C-Cold War Syndrome or, Remember, It's Break Ground and Fly into the Wind
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About the Book
“Reading this book is like eating cashews,”
proclaimed one reviewer. “Once you start, you can’t stop.”
A must read for students of political-military
history, C-C-Cold War Syndrome is a
collection of 43 non-fiction short stories from award-winning author G.H.
Spaulding. They weave a fascinating account of the human and humorous side of
the Cold War. While not a single shot is fired between the covers of this book,
there is just enough tragic irony interspersed among the laughs to keep things
in perspective as the United States and Soviet Union engage in history’s epic superpower
confrontation.
An
entertaining global journey that includes forays into naval aviation when
things don’t always go “according to Hoyle” and unforgettable glimpses behind
the scenes at the White House, at the Pentagon and at the historic
American-Soviet arms talks in Geneva. Meet some of the Cold War victors...Booker,
Moon, Foggy Bob, Blotto, Snake, Beaver, Jay Beasley, Fawn Hall, The Purple
People Eater, Dracula and Flash Gordon. And some of the losers...head Soviet
Nikita Khrushchev and KGB agent Sergei Kryuchkov. Then experience the demise of
the Soviet Union through the eyes of senior Soviet army colonel Anatoli Yurchenko.
Two
of the stories in this collection...“Dilbert Dunker” and “KGB”...are national award
winners.
About the Author
The
author, as U.S. Naval Attaché to Egypt, and his wife Karen carry out their
representational duties at a formal Scottish celebration in Cairo. The couple
now lives in Colorado.
G.H. Spaulding retired from the Navy in 1993 with
the rank of captain following a 26-year career as a pilot, defense intelligence
officer and U.S. diplomat. He has since authored this book, a series of feature
articles and two action-thriller novels, DECREE
and TAKEOUT.
He is also a proud member of The Order of
Daedalians, a national fraternity of active duty and retired military pilots.