"Mystery, history and romance carry the reader through this story that makes just a little too much sense. I consider A Cold War Story a “must read” book for anyone who wants to understand where America has been and ponders where we should go from here.

     For most Americans, awareness of terrorism began with 9-11 when U.S. borders were invaded. But when did terrorism begin, really? And how could the Cold War of so long ago have any connections with today’s events in the Middle East? In a fast-paced and well-researched historical novel, author Jim Conkey draws a terrifying picture of how terrorism threatened world peace long before the twin towers fell. "

 

Vikki Ford

Author and Oral Historian

 

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"Jim Conkey’s depiction of those exciting times in French Morocco during the cold war is right on. His Tom Clancy–like detail kept me turning the pages and wanting more. In the late ‘50s, while serving with Jim, when he was a young naval officer, I was able to observe him demonstrate a level of leadership under extremely difficult circumstance while on a number of classified missions—I didn’t realize how engagingly he would later write about them."

 

Joe Plassmeyer

Commander, USN (Retired)

SWD/EOD Team II Leader

 

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"I had the pleasure of serving with the author, Jim Conkey, in Morocco as a chief petty officer during the period portrayed in this book.

Although fiction, it is based on many actual events that I am personally familiar with. The book is a fast-moving pageturner with a surprise ending that you won’t forget."

 

Lieutenant Commander Jim Bladh

USN (Retired)

Naval Sea Systems Command, former

SWD/EOD