Manifestations of Apprehension is a phrase that haunted Cimino but, ironically, became the key driver that enabled him to convert his "failure" into positive outcomes, each time gaining confidence and notable achievements. After a troubling and depressing military career start, Cimino maximized the support from others, and his determination to change his course enabled him to navigate each subsequent assignment with greater success. Cimino emphasizes that under achievements can be the seeds of opportunity and catalysts to achieving better results. His journey through aircrew training and operations in tactical reconnaissance, as an Air Force Navigator Instructor, working with the Canadian Forces, in the Headquarters Air Staff at the Pentagon, and with the Intelligence Community, where he managed the exploitation of products from some of the country's most sophisticated satellites, describes a path of devotion to mission and accomplishments. The memoir includes many stories - some funny, some heartwarming, and those containing sad moments during his military service. The Special Tributes section highlights his deep appreciation and respect for friends and family who have served in the military, who are gone but not forgotten.
In this sweeping, carefully researched work of historical fiction, two elementary school boys, Black and White, meet in a New York City public school in 1957 and form a lifelong friendship.
A story of two different lives intertwined, The Dream takes the reader through the tumultuous events of the decades that follow—the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the Space Race, the World’s Fair, the murders of Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, and culture-changing scientific and technological advancements, including NASA’s first lunar landing.
The boys’ families would never have met if not for an act of racial violence at the elementary school attended by Nick Greene and Taylor Washington. As Taylor’s father tells him, “We don’t yet have the America everyone dreams about.”
A story of two different lives intertwined, The Dream takes the reader through the tumultuous events of the decades that follow—the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the Space Race, the World’s Fair, the murders of Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, and culture-changing scientific and technological advancements, including NASA’s first lunar landing.
The boys’ families would never have met if not for an act of racial violence at the elementary school attended by Nick Greene and Taylor Washington. As Taylor’s father tells him, “We don’t yet have the America everyone dreams about.”