Format:
xviii, 426 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
ISBN:
9780099492450
Content:
List of maps -- Preface -- 1. Americans -- 2. Russians -- 3. Cubans -- 4. "Eyeball to eyeball" -- 5. "Till hell freezes over" -- 6. Intel -- 7. Nukes -- 8. Strike first -- 9. Hunt for the Grozny -- 10. Shootdown -- 11. "Some sonofabitch" -- 12. "Run like hell" -- 13. Cat and mouse -- 14. "Crate and return" -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments and a note on sources -- Notes -- Index.
Content:
October 27, 1962, a day dubbed Black Saturday in the Kennedy White House. The Cuban missile crisis is at its height, and the world is drawing ever closer to nuclear apocalypse. As the opposing Cold War leaders, John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, mobilize their forces to fight a nuclear war on land, sea and air, the world watches in terror. In Bobby Kennedy's words, T̀here was a feeling that the noose was tightening on all of us, on Americans, on mankind, and that the bridges to escape were crumbling.' In One Minute to Midnight Michael Dobbs brings a fresh perspective to this crucial moment in twentieth-century history. Using a wealth of untapped archival material, he tells both the human and the political story of Black Saturday, taking the reader into the White House, the Kremlin and along the entire Cold War battlefront. Dobbs's thrilling narrative features a cast of characters - including Soviet veterans never before interviewed by a western writer - with unique stories to tell, witnesses to one of the greatest mobilizations of men and equipment since the Second World War.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Kubakrise
Author information:
Dobbs, Michael 1950-
