The Shadow of War

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Jack Carr

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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The Jack Carr Book Club December Book of the Month is THE SHADOW OF WAR, a book that explores a pivotal moment in history through the masterful storytelling of Jeff Shaara. In The Shadow of War, Shaara brings to life the intense and complex lead-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. From the Russian engineers racing against time to construct missile facilities in Cuba, to the U.S. Navy commanders enforcing the "quarantine," to the behind-the-scenes decisions of JFK, Bobby Kennedy, and Nikita Khrushchev—this work offers a gripping, multi-perspective look at a crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Meticulously researched and vividly written, The Shadow of War is not just a story of conflict but a study in leadership, strategy, and human resilience during one of the most dangerous standoffs in history. Jeff Shaara is a bestselling American author known for his historical novels that vividly bring pivotal moments of history to life. Jeff is a four-time recipient of the American Library Association's "William Young Boyd Award" for Excellence in Military Fiction for Gods and Generals, To the Last Man, The Frozen Hours, and most recently, The Eagle’s Claw. To learn more about Jeff, follow him on Facebook @jshaara or visit his website www.jeffshaara.com. SPONSORS CRY HAVOC – A Tom Reece Thriller https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/cry-havoc/ Bravo Company Manufacturing: Visit us on the web at http://jackcarr.co/bcm and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA.com BCM Jack Carr MOD 4 pistol grip. Get yours here-https://bravocompanyusa.com/bcm-jack-carr-mod-4-pistol-grip-black/ SIG: Sig Sauer 1911 X. Learn more here-https://www.sigsauer.com/1911-xfull.html Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here - https://shop.officialjackcarr.com/

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0:00.0	You John Fitzgerald Kennedy do solemnly swear.
0:09.0	Hi, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, you solemnly swear.
0:12.0	You solemnly swear. In 1961, the new president, John F. Kennedy inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed
0:31.5	an invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and
0:36.5	the Soviet Union on a collision
0:38.1	course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped much of the world.
0:42.8	The shadow of war brings to life many of the threads that lead to the building crisis
0:46.6	between the Soviet Union and the United Car Book Club.
1:09.5	My guest today is author Jeff Shara. Jeff's new book,
1:13.6	The Shadow of War, a novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis, is on shelves now.
1:18.4	Jeff, this is such an honor for me. Thank you so much for taking the time. Amazing book right here
1:25.1	The Shadow of War. Just incredible.
1:29.9	But before we get into that, I didn't know that you were one of the most well-known rare coin dealers in Florida for a time.
1:42.0	So before we get to the next chapter of your life, which is just so incredible
1:47.4	with all of these books, I think I have most of them incredible. And how did you get into the
1:55.3	rare coin business? And how did you get so good at it? You know, as happens, a lot of kids, you know, my grandmother gave me the little blue book,
2:05.6	you know, when I was about eight years old and I started sticking pennies in it.
2:09.0	When I was 16, I started a mail order business with no clue, really, what I was doing,
2:15.2	but I had a bunch of coins and I put prices on them and I had a
2:18.7	price list that I typed up and had a local printer, you know, print out 100 copies for me
2:24.1	and put an ad in Coinworld. You know, the hobby newspapers had sent for my free price list.
2:30.2	People did. And so I would mail these things out and lo and behold checks would come in the mail
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