1962. Khrushchev. Kennedy. Castro. As the world almost died. Nikonov V.

In the fall of 1962, the Soviet Union and the United States were on a hair from a nuclear war for thirteen days.

during the Caribbean crisis, the armed forces of the two countries were put on increased readiness, and the military considered a potential for 24 hours a day enemy through sights and guidance systems. It was enough to have a tragic accident that one of the politicians in Moscow, Washington or Havana surrendered his nerves, and the death of tens of millions of people would be inevitable. The fate of the world depended on the decisions of only three people: the head of the USSR Nikita Khrushchev, US President John Kennedy and the leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro. In this book, a minute in a minute, an hour after an hour, day after day analyzed the worst-terrible diplomatic and military crisis that has ever threatened humanity.

Khrushchev, Kennedy and Castro, their governments and the military turned out to be In a trap of ambitions, mutual suspicions, threats and escalation of armed power. However, they found the strength to stop by moments before the start of hostilities. The ultimatums were recalled. They felt for a compromise, thanks to which the threat of nuclear apocalypse was pushed by almost 60 years.

will today's wisdom politicians be enough to use the experience of resolving the Caribbean crisis with similar risks of the global military conflict and find the way to the world? The author - a Russian historian, publicist and public figure Vyacheslav Nikonov - expects that his modest work will not only become a warning, but also help in finding a reasonable exit.