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In 1961, President John F. Kennedy inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped much of the world. THE SHADOW OF WAR brings to life the many threads that lead to the building crisis between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1962. It is told from a multitude of perspectives and voices - from the Russian engineer attempting the nearly impossible task of building the missile launch facilities in Cuba, to the U.S. Navy commanders whose ships are sent to "quarantine" Cuba, to the Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, desperately trying to maintain a challenging balancing act between the conflicting demands of various powerful forces. ....
A military award ceremony held by the communist Castro dictatorship revealed the identity of a Russian general in charge of an espionage operation in Cuba run by the Kremlin. Gen. Andrei Gushchin is apparently part of the elite Russian spy network operating out of the reestablished Lourdes base in Cuba, which has been known to ....