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Provides a portrait of Fred Cuny, a renegade engineer who journeyed into countries torn apart by disaster, until his disappearance on a mission to the Russian republic of Chechnya
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man a hero, and what price must he pay? For one man, the answers came in the scariest place on earth.
Fred Cuny spent his life in terrible places. In countries rent by war, earthquake, famine, and hurricane, Cuny saved hundreds of thousands of lives with a fearlessness that amazed all who knew him. A Texan, a teller of tall tales, a womanizer, and a renegade, Cuny grew ever more daring in his globe-trotting adventures as his motivations became murkier. Was he a danger junkie? A CIA spy? Or a man who truly believed he had the wits and courage to save the world?
After twenty-five years of heroic work that earned Cuny the nickname "Master of Disaster," he set off to the rogue Russian republic of Chechnya, a land of gangsters and Islamic terrorists, a quasi-state engaged in an unimaginably savage war with a Russian army of drunken, brutal incompetents. Cuny went to try to stop the war, but for the first time in his life he was scared, unsure of himself in an insane la
Fred Cuny spent his life in terrible places. In countries rent by war, earthquake, famine, and hurricane, Cuny saved hundreds of thousands of lives with a fearlessness that amazed all who knew him. A Texan, a teller of tall tales, a womanizer, and a renegade, Cuny grew ever more daring in his globe-trotting adventures as his motivations became murkier. Was he a danger junkie? A CIA spy? Or a man who truly believed he had the wits and courage to save the world?
After twenty-five years of heroic work that earned Cuny the nickname "Master of Disaster," he set off to the rogue Russian republic of Chechnya, a land of gangsters and Islamic terrorists, a quasi-state engaged in an unimaginably savage war with a Russian army of drunken, brutal incompetents. Cuny went to try to stop the war, but for the first time in his life he was scared, unsure of himself in an insane la
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- VerlagDoubleday
- Erscheinungsdatum1999
- ISBN 10 0385486650
- ISBN 13 9780385486651
- EinbandTapa dura
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. A first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with minor wear to edges in dust-jacket; Fred Cuny was a brilliant scientist and inventor who was also one of the most daring and adventurous men of his time. In the early 1950s, he was one of the first people to suggest that the world was in danger of a major environmental disaster. Cuny was also one of the first people to propose that we could save the world by using thermonuclear weapons to stop the spread of communism.In the autumn of 1954, Cuny disappeared after travelling to Mexico to meet with a powerful politician who was interested in his ideas. His family and friends have never been able to find out what happened to him.Scott Anderson's gripping new book tells the story of Cuny's life and mysterious disappearance, revealing the forces that opposed him and the dangers he faced as he tried to save the world.; 8vo; 374 pages; FSA. Artikel-Nr. 41418
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