At the Edge of the Abyss: A Declassified Documentary History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

In the last two weeks of October 1962, the world came closer to nuclear warfare than it ever has. For 14 tense days, United States President John F Kennedy and Soviet Premiere Nikita Kruschev stood eyeball to eyeball, each with his hand on the nuclear trigger. In the end, both sides blinked. This volume is a collection of declassified documents from American and Soviet archives, detailing the history of those two weeks. Preface gives an overview and timeline of the crisis.

Author: Lenny Jr. Flank
Publisher: Red and Black Publishers
Published: 04/20/2010
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d
ISBN13: 9781934941898
ISBN10: 1934941891
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | Nuclear Warfare
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | General