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Mentioned in 5 episodes

One Minute to Midnight

Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

Book • 2008

One Minute to Midnight provides a detailed, hour-by-hour chronicle of the Cuban Missile Crisis, highlighting the close calls and miscalculations that nearly led to nuclear war.

Dobbs offers new insights into the crisis, including Soviet plans to destroy the U.S.

naval base at Guantanamo and the accidental overflight of the Soviet Union by an American spy plane.

Mentioned by

Nina Khrushcheva

Mentioned in 5 episodes

Mentioned by

Nina Khrushcheva

when introducing Michael Dobbs as the author.

Kennedy and Khrushchev: 4. Almost caught

Mentioned by

Max Kennedy

in reference to Michael Dobbs, the book's author.

Kennedy and Khrushchev: 5. The crisis: Day one

Mentioned by

Max Kennedy

when referencing Michael Dobbs, author of “One Minute to Midnight”.

Kennedy and Khrushchev: 6. Kennedy’s move

Mentioned by

Nina Khrushcheva

when introducing Michael Dobbs, who provides insights into the Cuban Revolution.

Kennedy and Khrushchev: 3. Gamble

Mentioned by Michael Dobbs, the author, when discussing the visibility of American planes to the Russians and Cubans during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Kennedy and Khrushchev: 8. The logic of war

Mentioned by

Nina Khrushcheva

, identifying

Michael Dobbs

as the author of the book.

Kennedy and Khrushchev: 7. Eyeball to eyeball

Mentioned by

Ben Carlson

when discussing the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A Moral Margin Call (EP.246)

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