{"product_id":"one-minute-to-midnight-kennedy-khrushchev-and-castro-on-the-brink-of-nuclear-war-9781400078912","title":"One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten like a thriller, \u003ci\u003eOne Minute to Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400078912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.40w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Dobbs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649418915996,"sku":"9781400078912","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_01de776f-3501-4477-8363-c22773250762.jpg?v=1603872703","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/one-minute-to-midnight-kennedy-khrushchev-and-castro-on-the-brink-of-nuclear-war-9781400078912","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}