Destroyermen: Three Minutes To War

Tightly wrought and masterfully crafted, Destroyermen: Three Minutes To War by Richard Tennent is an explosive and highly charged historic novel set in the Cold War. On the USS George Dewey, a navy destroyer, the hand of fate tosses the crew from a dangerous assignment in the Middle East to a grueling mission at sea. No word from the free world will prepare the crew when they are sent on a mission with an objective to slow the construction of the Aswan Dam, a project underwritten by Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union. After the two ship's officers assigned the task narrowly escape, the ship is soon entangled in a developing military-political crisis of extraordinary scope. This begins a dangerous game masterminded by Khrushchev involving the major world powers. As the Dewey operates on high alert, the crew learns that a great price will be paid for the folly of man and nature.

Author: Richard Tennent
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Published: 10/31/2008
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9781439202630

About the Author
Richard Tennent studied creative writing and literature at the University of Michigan before joining the Navy. Volunteering for duty on a destroyer operating in the Korean combat zone, he soon rose to the positions of Officer of the Deck-Underway and Engineer Officer. Leaving Korea he served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. After the navy he attended Vanderbilt University School of Law, going on to practice banking and business law for forty-two years. Two months after he retired, the events of September 11, 2001 occurred. He again answered his need to serve by joining the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Reminded of the many untold stories about his favored destroyers and the brave sailors who went to sea in them, this proud patriot now writes of their adventures and trials. He and his wife have three grown children and ten grandchildren. They live in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Destroyermen: Three Minutes To War is his first book.

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