High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Krushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
MAX FRANKEL is one of America’s preeminent journalists. He worked forThe New York Timesfor fifty years, rising from college correspondent to reporter, Washington bureau chief, editorial page editor, and ultimately executive editor 1986—1994. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of President Nixon’s trip to China in 1972 and is the author of a nationally bestselling memoir,The Times of My Lifeand My Life with the Times. He lives in New York City.From the Hardcover edition.