Michael Beschloss on the Cold War: The Crisis Years, Mayday, and At the Highest Levels

Riveting accounts of the Cold War power struggles from the New York Times–bestselling author and "nation's leading presidential historian" (Newsweek).

The Crisis Years: A national bestseller on the complex relationship between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, this "definitive" history covers the tumultuous period from 1960 through 1963 when the Berlin Wall was built, and the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and Sovie...