A new book by the bestselling author that re-evaluates the Cuban Missile Crisis from the perspectives of the key players and the terrified world. Based on extensive research, it reveals how close the world came to nuclear war and how Kennedy prevented it.

A harrowing account of the Cuban missile crisis and how the US and USSR came to the brink of nuclear apocalypse. A chilling account of more than half a century of nuclear catastrophes. An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II.

Explore the causes, decisions and consequences of the 1962 standoff between the US and the Soviet Union with these historical non-fiction books. From international perspectives to personal memoirs, discover the best Cuban Missile Crisis books for understanding the closest call of the Cold War.

From the bestselling author comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Books shelved as cuban-missile-crisis: Countdown by Deborah Wiles, Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy, One Minute t...

The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation.

The Cuban Missile Crisis had the world on the brink of nuclear devastation, with tensions reaching an all time high upon the United States learning of the Soviet Unions placement of ballistic missiles in Cuba.