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One Minute to Midnight

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One Minute to Midnight
Full titleOne Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
AuthorMichael Dobbs
Published2008
Pages464
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listMichael Dobbs reconstructs the Cuban missile crisis hour by hour, including the near-accidents that neither leader knew about at the time.

Where I heard about it

  • Replies to @typesfast — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025.

Connections

  • What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
  • History
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