One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
by Michael Dobbs
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Author: Michael DobbsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-03
ISBN: 1400043581
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Knopf
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Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
Half way between a serious piece of historical documentary and an airport 'thriller'. Too near the latter for my liking. Even if you can cope with its continual self promotion ("as revealed for the first time ever, in this book ...."), then the switches between a grown up assesment of the political and military background and the sections whch read like fiction, even though I accept they may not be, then this is a tiresome trying read. It's the use of the two styles which is so difficult to cope with. Whether you want something which reads like a piece of cheap fiction or a serious analysis of an important historical event - with this book, unless you want both at the same time, you'll be disappointed. And I was so looking forward to reading this book. Avoid.
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