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<p>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<i> </i>hour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran <i>Washington Post</i> reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon.</p><p>Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo; the handling of Soviet nuclear warheads on Cu
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- Author
- Michael Dobbs (historian), Michael Dobbs
- Publisher
- Vintage;Alfred A. Knopf
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400078912
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Nuclear Warfare, History
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (64 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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