Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. “Caroline, have you been eating candy?” No reply. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. He was flanked on either side by his secretary of state and secretary of defense. In One Minute to Midnight Michael Dobbs brings a fresh perspective to this crucial moment in twentieth-century history. This is Love According to GOD's Will - This is Love: "Hmph. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Discover the secret nuclear weapons program that risked nuclear war with China, and how it ended just before it was close to building nuclear weapons. True story of the men and women who struggled to prevent mass murder and disaster at a US Air Force base—and their heroic response to both tragedies. They had discovered telltale cables connecting one of the tubelike objects to the nearby oval-shaped splotch, and had used a revolutionary new computer device that filled up half a room—the Mann Model 621 comparator—to measure its length. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. . In secrecy, while insisting they would never contemplate such a thing, the Soviet leaders had installed surface-to-surface nuclear missiles on Cuba, less than a hundred miles from American shores. I remember our platoon sergeant casually telling us that the explosives that would be dropped with us would have a different colored streamer for each company, but we should take any we find because other companies would be taking ours. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. As gripping as any fiction. On superficial inspection, the grainy images of fields, forests, and winding country roads seemed innocuous, almost bucolic. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this book pulls you in immediately and holds you tight until the end. "One Minute to Midnight is nothing less than a tour de force, a dramatic, nail-biting page-turner that is also an important work of scholarship. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Detailed, Well Researched and Very Interesting, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2019. In addition to being well-researched, 'One Minute to Midnight' is written in a clear and exciting style. . Posted - June 11, 2008. In One Minute to Midnight, Michael Dobbs, a seasoned investigative reporter and foreign correspondent with the Washington Post, provides a hour-by-hour account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964: The Secret History of the Cuban…, Nuclear Weapons & Warfare History (Books), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The 1962 Cuban missile crisis is probably the single most analyzed episode of the cold war. "—The Philadelphia Inquirer"Gripping. No other history of the Cuban missile crisis matches this achievement. Most of us guessed it we would be going after the missile sites. The book is very well written. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Michael Dobbs combines the skills of an experienced investigative journalist, a talented writer and an intelligent historical analyst. His research is stunning. The Comprehensive Telling of the Missiles of October, Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. --"The Christian Science Monitor""A book with sobering new information about the world's only superpower nuclear confrontation--as well as contemporary relevance . On Black Saturday, a US plane accidentally entered Soviet airspace without Kennedy's knowledge, while a US reconnaissance plane was shot down over Cuba without Khrushchov's knowledge, either of which incidents could have triggered off nuclear armageddon. The tubes turned out to be sixty-seven feet long. This is a fascinating book on the Cuban Missile Crisis. As much stories to burnish the legend of JFK as historical accounts, these initial versions still help to shape the view of the crisis for many Americans. But don't have the time or patience for a 400-page book? These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this book pulls you in immediately and holds you tight until the end. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. Michael Dobbs combines the skills of an experienced investigative journalist, a talented writer and an intelligent historical analyst. He took his place at the center of the long table beneath the presidential seal, his back to the Rose Garden. The new book, "One Minute to Midnight" by Michael Dobbs is a masterfully written account of the Cuban missile Crisis in October 1962. Something went wrong. The events are presented chronologically, which gives us a minute-by-minute account, and therefore it reads like a thriller. I was a lowly Spec 4. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Both had seen warfare at first hand and were ultimately determined that they would not destroy future generations by allowing nuclear weapons to be used first by their respective countries and thereby condemn the rest of the world as well as their opponents. Seven more missile trailers were parked in a nearby field. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Kennedy was held back by the belligerence of many of the top military echelon, especially Curtis LeMay and Thomas Power, who openly advocated as a matter of general policy a nuclear first strike against the Soviet Union; while Khrushchov was held back by the adventurism and rashness of Castro, who saw no reason why nuclear holocaust should not be risked if it meant destruction of American imperialism and who advocated a nuclear first strike by the Soviets to achieve this. Just how close we came to a nuclear exchange, on numerous occasions, is truly frightening. One of the fields contained tubelike objects, others oval-shaped white dots neatly lined up next to one another. An Amazon Book with Buzz: "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Unable to add item to List. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 384 pages and is available in Hardcover format. Just how close we came to a nuclear exchange, on numerous occasions, is truly frightening. He lives outside Washington, D.C. . This is a systematic account of the Cuban missile crisis from the American, Soviet and Cuban points of view. If the warheads were present, one would expect to see some kind of secure storage facility at the missile sites, but nothing was visible.“There is. 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. Not so, says Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs in One Minute to Midnight. This book comprehensively covers the entire history of the USSR, profiling its notorious leaders, its biggest battles, and its most important policies. A four-year-old girl burst into one of the most heavily guarded rooms in the White House. You're one of those Chr... William Wallace: A Life from Beginning to End (Scottish History Book 1). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2018, This account is very well researched ,judging by the numerous references and acknowledgements which take up nearly 20% of the length of the book.But for all that its fast paced and very readable ,and in my view captures the drama and the incredible dilemma that two sane leaders and their respective teams had to steer through madness and the minefield of the cold war politics of the time, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2016. This focus on unreported details — and Dobbs points them out throughout the text of One Minute to Midnight — is understandable given all that's been written and filmed on the … There have been many books written previously about the events of October 1962, but in this superb account, Michael Dobbs casts new light on certain aspects of the crisis (for example, the accidental flight of a U2 plane over Eastern Siberia), as well as de-bunking several myths which have developed over the years. "—The New York Post"With new info and angles, this hair-raising analysis traces the trail of mishaps and miscalculations that nearly ended life on earth. [Filled] with memorable characters in extraordinary circumstances an . Gives a good account of the timeline of the crisis and the surrounding events and characters. Kennedy seemed preternaturally calm to the other men in the room as he listened to the evidence of Kremlin duplicity. The length?” “The length of it, yes.” CIA experts had spent the last thirty-six hours poring over thousands of reconnaissance photographs of the hills and valleys of western Cuba. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War. . Excellent book - highly, highly recommended. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2018, This account is very well researched ,judging by the numerous references and acknowledgements which take up nearly 20% of the length of the book.But for all that its fast paced and very readable ,and in my view captures the drama and the incredible dilemma that two sane leaders and their respective teams had to steer through madness and the minefield of the cold war politics of the time, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2016. He is a reporter for. Your selected delivery location is beyond seller's shipping coverage for this item. densely packed, fast-paced, suspenseful. Michael Dobbs combines the skills of an experienced investigative journalist, a talented writer, and an … Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2015. His research is stunning. Something went wrong. For more information contact: This is a fascinating book on the Cuban Missile Crisis. by Michael Dobbs Author of The New York Times best-seller, One Minute to Midnight "Vulnerable, melancholy, paranoid and vengeful...an indelible study of a political antihero" - … "One Hell of a Gamble": Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964, Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold War, Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire, The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs, Above and Beyond: John F. Kennedy and America's Most Dangerous Cold War Spy Mission, The Cuban Missile Crisis: A History From Beginning to End, “Extraordinary. The NCOs had been briefed. As much stories to burnish the legend of JFK as historical accounts, these initial versions still help to shape the view of the crisis for many Americans. 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