Gambling with Armageddon: nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962

Prologue

The making of the nuclear age, 1945-1962. Truman and Stalin ; Eisenhower, Khrushchev, Castro, and the "weapon of mass destruction" ; Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro, and the Bay of Pigs

The thirteen days, October 16-28, 1962. Khrushchev's missiles ; October 16 (Tuesday), Day One ; October 17 (Wednesday)-October 22 (Monday) ; October 22 (Monday)-October 26 (Friday) ; October 27 (Saturday)-October 28 (Sunday)

Lies and legacies.