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One of the giants of American journalism now re-creates an unforgettable time-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,... read more

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FOR MOST AMERICANS WHO EXPERIENCED IT, OR RELIVED it in books and films, the Cuban Missile Crisis is a tale of nuclear chicken-the Cold War world recklessly flirting with suicide.

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  1. Max Frankel (Author)
 

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