Before I began to read John Garbinski's book I leafed through it it with anticipation, especially since I'm a New Englander though from Massachusetts. I'm always open for anything about the nawtheast though a Califomian for over thutty years.

     The work is about how the State of Maine was affected during the Cold War from an aviation standpoint. I'll wager here and now that the lads and lassies who served in Maine during the Cold War days will eat it up. The author has dedicated the book to them, members of SAC, ADC and AMC. They'll find that they can once more reacquaint themselves with their bases and stations. The locals will also find the chapters informative and interesting. After all, they were an important part of the base and station organizations.

     Perhaps it has been done but, if not, notices of the book should appear in the Air Force Journal of the Air Force Association and in other like minded publications. That would bring the previously mentioned troops out of the woodworks.

     The author has researched well. His writing flows along which is an accomplishment in a detail ridden effort. The chapters on Dow, the ADC, Caribou and Loring are informative. I was pleased to read how Dow and Loring were named Often, important information such as this is not included.

     I suppose my only meaw is the light treatment given the Air Transport Command in Chapter I. Granted that this is a Cold War era book, but the Army of Terrified Civilians (ATC) deserve a few more lines or at least a picture of their emblem. You don't guess that I was ATC, do you?

     Never mind. John Garbinski's book is one to read. Get out and get a copy before the first snow hits town.

- L.F. Burke

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