| One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Contributor(s): Dobbs, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400078911 ISBN-13: 9781400078912 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: Thoroughly researched and with the pacing of a thriller, One Minute to Midnight is the definitive account of history's most dangerous hours. 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. Here, for the first time, we learn of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo; the activities of CIA agents inside Cuba; and the crash landing of an American F-106 jet with a live nuclear weapon on board. In this hour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran "Washington Post "reporter Michael Dobbs has produced the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 973.922 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.4" W x 7.84" (0.98 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |