The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis (May Ernest)(Paperback)

The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis (May Ernest)(Paperback)

'[A] splendid achievement, as powerful and exciting a book as one is likely to read this year....'--Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review'Gripping history.'--Richard J. Tofel, Wall Street Journal'[M]esmerizing. I was utterly fascinated....the best, fullest account of crisis yet and will remain so

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Kennedy Robert F.)(Paperback)

During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the

Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 - Max Hastings

The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation. Max Hastings’s graphic new history tells the story from

The Soviets' Greatest Gambit: The Cuban Missile Crisis (Levine Alan J.)(Pevná vazba)

Adam J. Levine analyzes the origins of the Cuban Missile Crisis, with a particular focus on Nikita Khrushchev's motives and the response of the Kennedy administration

Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House (Dallek Robert)(Paperback)

Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom the New York Times calls 'Kennedy's leading biographer,' delivers a riveting portrait of this president and his inner circle of advisors--their rivalries, personality clashes, and political battles. In

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Origins, Course and Aftermath (Colman Jonathan)(Paperback)

Draws on new sources to examine one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in world histor from a global perspective The Cuban Missile Crisis was a six-day clash in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Both John F

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days on an Atomic Knife Edge, October 1962 (Carradice Phil)(Paperback)

When the world held its breath ... It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 - long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe - with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer

Fire and Fury - Inside the Trump White House (Wolff Michael)(Paperback)

A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (Schlesinger Arthur M.)(Paperback)

Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner: 'Of all the Kennedy books . . . this is the best.'--TimeArthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency--from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy's tragic and unexpected assassination

A Year at the Circus: Inside Trump's White House (Sopel Jon)(Paperback)

Welcome to the White House.At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speed. The one thing absent from the

A Year at the Circus: Inside Trump's White House (Sopel Jon)(Paperback)

Welcome to the White House. At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speed. The one thing absent from

Week at World's End (Carroll Emma)(Pevná vazba)

1962, London during the Cuban Missile CrisisWhat would you do if there was a real possibility that the world might end?Ray, aware of his parents' building worry, decides to take matters into his own

Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers (Hampshire Edward)(Paperback)

Heavily armed and formidable, guided missile cruisers formed the core of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. From the last class of conventional Sverdlov-class cruisers through to increasingly complex and formidable missile cruisers, these ships ensured that NATO took the Soviet naval threat

In Search of the Rainbow's End: Inside the White House Farm Murders (Caffell Colin)(Paperback)

**THE TRUE STORY BEHIND MAJOR ITV DRAMA WHITE HOUSE FARM, NOW ON NETFLIX**'An extraordinary book . . . both deeply moving and quietly inspiring' FREDDIE FOX 'A beautiful, very moving book' CRESSIDA BONAS In 1985, the shocking murder of a family of five in a quiet country house in Essex rocked the

Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution (Fitz Don)(Paperback)

Quiet as it's kept inside the United States, the Cuban revolution has achieved some phenomenal goals, reclaiming Cuba's agriculture, advancing its literacy rate to nearly 100 percent - and remaking its medical system. Cuba has transformed its health care to the extent that this 'third-world'

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (Wolff Michael)(Pevná vazba)

#1 New York Times BestsellerWith extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial presidency of our time in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th

World As It Is - Inside the Obama White House (Rhodes Ben)(Paperback / softback)

Luftwaffe's Blitz: The Inside Story November 1940 - May 1941 (Goss Chris)(Paperback)

Due to the failure of the day campaign during what has become known as the Battle of Britain, on 7 September 1940, the Luftwaffe commenced bombing London and major cities, predominantly by night. What became known as the Blitz continued until May 10,1941 with many towns and cities across the

Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency--21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories (Brandus Paul)(Paperback)

One Minute To Midnight - Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Dobbs Michael)(Paperback / softback)

October 27, 1962, a day dubbed Black Saturday in the Kennedy White House. Dobbs's thrilling narrative features a cast of characters - including Soviet veterans never before interviewed by a western writer - with unique stories to tell, witnesses to one of the greatest mobilizations of men and

Creative Selection - Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs (Kocienda Ken)(Paperback)

The inside story of Apple's design process during the golden age of Steve

The Palace Papers : Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil - Tina Brownová

From the Queen's stoic resolve to the crisis of Meghan and Harry. From the ascendance of Camilla and Kate to the downfall of Andrew.Full of remarkable inside access, The Palace Papers by Sunday Times bestselling author Tina Brown will change how you understand the Royal Family.'A brilliant book

A Farewell to Arms (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback)

The definitive edition of the classic novel of love during wartime, featuring all of the alternate endings: 'Fascinating...serves as an artifact of a bygone craft, with handwritten notes and long passages crossed out, giving readers a sense of an author's process' (The New York Times). Written when

Butchers (Gilligan Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

The first novel truly to capture the story of Ireland during the BSE crisis, shown through the small, deeply intimate stories of four people caught up in its