Khrushchev, Castro, Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1958 - 1964.
Kennedy did not live to write his memoirs, Castro will not reveal what he knows, and the Soviet records have long been sealed. Of the worst crisis of the Cold War - over Cuban missiles - we have had an incomplete picture. When did Castro embrace the Soviet Union? What proposals were put before the Kremlin through Kennedy's back-door diplomacy? How close was nuclear war? These questions can only now be answered.
Based on exhaustive research into American documents and exclusive access to secret Soviet archives, 'One Hell of a Gamble' gives us the fullest account of the climax of the Cold War. Like finding the other half of a torn photograph, exploring the archives provides a series of surprises and a whole new perspective on familiar events and reveal the complete and horrifying story of the most dangerous days of the last half-century.
An exceptionally valuable, solid pioneering contribution to the two-sided historiography of the Cold War.
