One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Horror_Gift_Guide A STORM OF SWORDS

A STORM OF SWORDS

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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Horror_Gift_Guide A STORM OF SWORDSIn 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 Guantnamo; the handling of Soviet