One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War | 
pickA very readable account of a terrifying few days. The amount of research that went into this is impressive, as is the quantity of detail. Yet the author tells the story on a very human level. I lived through the Cuban missile crisis, but I learned a lot reading this. A definite recommendation.
I‘m grateful that hubby hasn‘t returned this to the library yet. Since Covid has gifted me with reading time I hadn‘t planned on, I‘m looking forward to seeing if this is as good as he said it is.
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
pickI am fascinated by the Cold War era, and this book provides an exhaustive look at the Cuban Missile Crisis. Avoiding the pitfalls of overdramatization, Dobbs highlights, almost casually, how easily we could have slipped into nuclear war. Great book.
Sometimes to its detriment, the narration lacked emphasis, and there was also so much detailed information, it was very easy to miss key moments. I think it would have been better to read the print.
An hour by hour account of the Cuban missile crisis with the American, Soviet, and Cuban perspectives interwoven as the world stands on the brink of nuclear war. A gripping, illuminating read!
pickA fascinating hour-by-hour account detailing the unfolding of the (terrifyingly) narrowly-averted series of events that came to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This should be compulsory reading for all high school students. Terrifying how close we came to global thermonuclear war.
