C-C-Cold War Syndrome Or, Remember, It's Break Ground and Fly into the Wind

Reading this book is like eating cashews,proclaimed one reviewer. Once you start, you cant stop.A must read for students of political-militaryhistory, C-C-Cold War Syndrome is acollection of 43 non-fiction short stories from award-winning author G.H. Spaulding. They weave a fascinating account of the human and humorous side ofthe 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 thingsin perspective as the United States and Soviet Union engage in historys epic superpowerconfrontation.Anentertaining global journey that includes forays into naval aviation whenthings dont always go according to Hoyle and unforgettable glimpses behindthe scenes at the White House, at the Pentagon and at the historicAmerican-Soviet arms talks in Geneva. Meet some of the Cold War victors...Booker,Moon, Foggy Bob, Blotto, Snake, Beaver, Jay Beasley, Fawn Hall, The PurplePeople Eater, Dracula and Flash Gordon. And some of the losers...head SovietNikita Khrushchev and KGB agent Sergei Kryuchkov. Then experience the demise ofthe Soviet Union through the eyes of senior Soviet army colonel Anatoli Yurchenko.Twoof the stories in this collection...Dilbert Dunker and KGB...are national awardwinners.