One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Dobbs, Michael

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union...
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Dobbs, Michael

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

¥4,116

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

¥4,116
Author: Michael Dobbs
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear conflict over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba. In this hour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon.

Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U.S. naval base at Guant namo; the handling of Soviet nuclear warheads on Cuba; and the extraordinary story of a U-2 spy plane that got lost over Russia at the peak of the crisis.

Written like a thriller, One Minute to Midnight is an exhaustively researched account of what Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. called "the most dangerous moment in human history," and the definitive book on the Cuban missile crisis.



Author: Michael Dobbs
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/02/2009
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.40w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9781400078912


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/02/2009 pg. 20

About the Author

Michael Dobbs was born and educated in Britain, but is now a U.S. citizen. He was a long-time reporter for The Washington Post, covering the collapse of communism as a foreign correspondent. He has taught at leading American universities, including Princeton, the University of Michigan, and Georgetown. He is currently on the staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. His previous books include the bestselling One Minute to Midnight on the Cuban missile crisis, which was part of an acclaimed Cold War trilogy. He lives outside Washington, D.C.


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