High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Krushchev, and the Cuban

High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Krushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis

One of the giants of American journalism now re-creates an unforgettable timeâ€“in which the whole world feared extinction. High Noon in the Cold War captures the Cuban Missile Crisis in a new light, from inside the hearts and minds of the famous men who provoked and, in the nick of time, resolved the confrontation.

Using his personal memories of covering the conflict, and gathering evidence from recent records and new scholarship and testimony, Max Frankel corrects widely held misconceptions about the game of â€œnuclear chickenâ€ played by John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev in October 1962, when Soviet missiles were secretly planted in Cuba and aimed at the United States.

High Noon in the Cold War portrays an embattled young American presidentnot jaunty and callow as widely believed, but increasingly calm and statesmanlikeand a Russian ruler who was not only a â€œwily old peasantâ€ but an insecure belligerent desperate to achieve credibility. Here, too, are forgotten heroes like John McCone, the conservative Republican CIA head whose intuition made him a crucial figure in White House debates.

In detailing the disastrous miscalculations of the two superpowers (the U.S. thought the Soviets would never deploy missiles to Cuba; the Soviets thought the U.S. would have to acquiesce) and how Kennedy and Khrushchev beat back hotheads in their own councils, this fascinating book re-creates the whole story of the scariest encounter of the Cold War, as told by a master reporter.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Presidio Press
Manufacturer Presidio Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2005-09-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345466716

Country	USA
Brand	Presidio Press
Manufacturer	Presidio Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2005-09-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345466716

High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Krushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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