Brink: Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis

by David Detzer

Diaries, letters, and telephone logs of Washington officials, as well as much recently declassified material are incorporated into a compelling history of the events of October 1962

Genres: Nonfiction, History

299 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1979

Reviews

[George · Rating 4 out of 5]

"If the quarantine, as a show of determination, did not succeed, they (the U. S.) would resort to bombing, possibly even an invasion." (page 150)

"... the United States was on the brink of war." (page 162)