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Jun 3, 2008 · One Minute to Midnight is a narrative-driven, chronological account of the thirteen days in October 1962 that almost brought about a devastating cataclysm. Michael Dobbs deftly articulates the events of The Cuban Missile Crisis in a manner that feels at times like a Tom Clancy novel, except that all of this actually happened!
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- Hardcover
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Jun 2, 2009 · One Minute to Midnight evokes novelists like Alan Furst, John le Carré or Graham Greene." —James G. Hershberg, The Washington Post Book World "Dobbs writes it up like a thriller." — 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."
- Michael Dobbs
- $15.49
- Vintage
Jun 2, 2009 · Written like a thriller, One Minute to Midnight 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.
- illustrated, reprint
- Michael Dobbs
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009
Apr 2, 2009 · In One Minute to Midnight Michael Dobbs brings a fresh perspective to this crucial moment in twentieth-century history. 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.
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- Michael Dobbs
One Minute to Midnight evokes novelists like Alan Furst, John le Carré or Graham Greene." —James G. Hershberg, The Washington Post Book World "Dobbs writes it up like a thriller." — 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."
- Michael Dobbs
Jun 17, 2008 · In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored ove...
