The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Jeff Shaara

Book Overview

From the bestselling author comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis.

In 1961, the new president John F. Kennedy, inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250279968
• ISBN13: 9781250279965
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.4"