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

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

Zip around with BB-8

With comparisons to Maeve Binchy & Liane Moriarty

It is the story of a skeptical and clan-based society learning to give way to trust

My name is Katherine Parr

It is a way to help us focus on what matters

Pick A Side

and fraught

they are exceptionally unlucky

Our Michiko Miniatures Kikka cover reproduces Michiko Kamee's “full of chrysanthemum” design

Remarkable men and women

to coincide with the show's twentieth anniversary

incredible journey" (Literary Hoarders)