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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dobbs
jhouses's review against another edition
2.0
Esto si que es un libro de terror. Un relato pormenorizado de los trece días de octubre que mantuvieron al mundo al borde de la aniquilación nuclear, desmitificando el supuesto duelo de voluntades entre Kennedy y Krushchev, contextualizado el clima de agresión estadounidense que sufría Cuba y mostrando como, a pesar de la voluntad de los lideres, los incidentes insospechados pudieron haber escalado hasta la tercera guerra mundial. Por lo demás, al ser tan minucioso falla en transmitir la tensión y el drama que se vivió en todo el mundo.
bryan8063's review against another edition
4.0
This book goes far beyond the naval blockade and "eye ball to eye ball." The author uses recently declassified documents to paint a scary picture of how close we could have gone to war. The Cuban side of things is great. This might be my new standard on the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
tenpn's review against another edition
informative
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Really gripping read. Fascinating to see how chaotic everything was, and how no one was really in control. We were all super lucky to make it through.
michael_k's review against another edition
4.0
3.75/5
One of the books that prove history (when written in such an engaging way) is at least as good as fiction!
Extensively researched, debunks many of the myths associated with the crisis and doesn't attempt to create more sensation than the actual events. I may be wrong but I also got the feeling that it's one of the most impartial books out there regarding the Cold War.
One of the books that prove history (when written in such an engaging way) is at least as good as fiction!
Extensively researched, debunks many of the myths associated with the crisis and doesn't attempt to create more sensation than the actual events. I may be wrong but I also got the feeling that it's one of the most impartial books out there regarding the Cold War.
anti_formalist12's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting in sections, but the play by play style feels more like it obscures than shows. I also rather disagree with some of Dobbs’s conclusions.
jstamper2022's review against another edition
4.0
A really good detailed account of the Cuban Missile Crisis with political spin.
tartancrusader's review against another edition
4.0
I don't really know what to say about this. Fascinatingly detailed, compelling and terrifying in equal measure. If you've any interest at all in the politics of nuclear war (and how to avoid it), then this is the book for you.