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Defcon-2 - Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis (Paperback)
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Defcon-2 - Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis (Paperback)
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The closest we've ever come to the end of the worldDEFCON-2 is the
best single volume on the Cuban Missile Crisis published and is an
important contribution to the history of the Cold War. Beyond the
military and political facts of the crisis, Polmar and Gresham
sketch the personalities that created and coped with the crisis.
They also show us how close we came to the edge without becoming
sensationalistic.
--Larry Bond, bestselling author of Dangerous GroundSpy-satellite
and aerial-reconnaissance photos reveal that one of the United
States's bitterest enemies may be acquiring weapons of mass
destruction and the means to use them against the American
homeland. Administration officials refuse to accept intelligence
professionals' interpretation of these images and order an end to
spy missions over the offending nation. More than a month later,
after vicious infighting, the president orders the spy missions to
resume. The new photos reveal an array of ballistic missiles,
capable of carrying nuclear warheads and striking deep within U.S.
territory. It appears that the missiles will be fully operational
within one week.This is not a plot setup for a suspense novel; it
is the true story of the most terrifying moment in the 45-year Cold
War between the United States and the Soviet Union: the Cuban
Missile Crisis. DEFCON-2 tells this tale as it has never been told
before--from both sides, with the help of hundreds of recently
declassified U.S. and Soviet documents, as well as interviews with
numerous former spies, military figures, and government officials
who speak out here for the first time.
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