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Along with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov two of the people who did the most to not eliminate manki

by rdl 10y ago

Along with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov two of the people who did the most to not eliminate mankind.

arethuza 10y ago
I can strongly recommend One Minute to Midnight for a minute by minute account of the Cuban missile crisis - it is incredibly tense even though we know it worked out OK! http://www.amazon.com/One-Minute-Midnight-Kennedy-Khrushchev/dp/1400078911 http://www.amazon.com/One-Minute-Midnight-Kennedy-Khrushchev...
- amatix 10y ago
  An "if things had gone slightly differently" version at one of the alternate history forums: http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-cuban-missile-war-timeline.65071/ http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-cuban-miss... -> world annhiliation
  - jawilson2 10y ago
    Thanks, that was entertaining (I guess that's the right word?)
    - arethuza 10y ago
      A decent novel set in a post Cuban war world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_Day