Review: Nuclear Armageddon avoided
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
I really didn't know too much about the background to what happened during from the Cuban Missile Crisis. My knowledge of the Castro revolution and the inept US political and  military responses was sadly lacking. My knowledge of the actual crisis was mostly gained from constant re-runs of the Kevin Costner docudrama movie "Thirteen Days" on cable TV.I highly recommend this Very Brief History if you want to know more about the background to the Cuban revolution, the way the Cuban Missile crisis was handled (or mishandled?) by both sides and its outcome, especially the impact on both Kennedy and Khruschev and the continuing Cold War. I recommend this book to anyone who really wants to know more about what happened and how a nuclear Armageddon was avoided.IMHO the winner was....  Fidel Castro.