{"product_id":"nuclear-folly-9780141993287","title":"Nuclear Folly","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of Armageddon in October 1962'' Martin Chilton, Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of \u003ci\u003eChernobyl: History of a Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine and fallout; nuclear war between the two most-powerful nations on Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNuclear Folly\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the riveting story of those weeks, tracing the tortuous decision-making and calculated brinkmanship of John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn immense achievement, engrossing and terrifying\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003esurely one of the most important books ever written about the Cuban Missile Crisis and 20th-century international relations\u003c\/b\u003e * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story is extraordinary and Plokhy is an accomplished narrator\u003c\/b\u003e . . . it's as authoritative a version of the Soviet side as we are likely to ever get -- Max Hastings * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history\u003c\/b\u003e. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of Armageddon in October 1962 -- Martin Chilton * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA definitive new account of the Cuban Missile Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003emasterly\u003c\/b\u003e * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith access to recently declassified KGB material, this is the most detailed and dependable account of the crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e It will be gladly plundered by students and scholars and highlighted until its pages are damp with neon yellow -- Julie McDowell * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dramatic story, compellingly told\u003c\/b\u003e * BBC History Revealed *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magisterial work based on a bevy of U.S. and Soviet archival sources, including previously classified KGB documents.\u003c\/b\u003e The perspective Plokhy provides exposes the perverse incentives that fueled dangerous nuclear power plays during the Cold War and, he suggests, beyond -- Andre Pagliarini * New Republic *\u003cbr\u003eA gripping narrative about the most dangerous Cold War crisis . . . \u003cb\u003ePlokhy brings this turning point to spine-chilling life - it reads like a thriller\u003c\/b\u003e * Tablet *\u003cbr\u003eNearly sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Serhi Plokhy, the author of multiple groundbreaking books on Soviet history, once again uses newly released KGB archives to offer a new perspective.\u003cb\u003e In gripping, granular detail, he shows us just how close the U.S. and the Soviet Union came to Armageddon\u003c\/b\u003e -- Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy\u003cbr\u003eA fresh examination of the historical milestone. . . . Plokhy keeps the pages turning, and he includes far more Soviet material than earlier scholars. . . . \u003cb\u003esuperbly researched and uncomfortably timely\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis important, absorbing work shows that the full story of the Cuban Missile Crisis must be told from its global perspective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlokhy dives deep. . . .\u003cb\u003e History buffs will savor this balanced and richly detailed look at both sides of the crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think the story of the Cuban missile crisis has been told so often that nothing remains to be learned, think again. Drawing on KGB documents preserved in Ukrainian archives and Soviet military memoirs, as well as American documents and Cuban materials, \u003cb\u003eSerhii Plokhy's almost hour-by-hour account freshly illuminates mistakes by the Kremlin and the White House that triggered the crisis, and snafus at sea and in Cuba that almost sparked a nuclear war\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- William Taubman, author of Gorbachev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn excellent overview of the Cuban missile crisis from one of America's leading Cold War historians.\u003c\/b\u003e Serhii Plokhy has mined previously untapped Soviet archives to shed new light on the thirteen days that brought the world closer than ever before to nuclear destruction, and the pivotal roles of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. \u003cb\u003eA thrilling read\u003c\/b\u003e that justifies his sobering conclusion: we may not be so lucky next time -- Michael Dobbs, author of One Minute to Midnight","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399851581783,"sku":"9780141993287","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141993287.jpg?v=1730468917","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nuclear-folly-9780141993287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}