In October 1962, Washington pushed the world to the edge of nuclear war. Here, for the first time, the full story of that historic moment is told from the perspective of the Cuban people, whose determination to defend their sovereignty and their socialist revolution blocked US plans for a military assault and saved humanity from the consequences of a nuclear holocaust.
“Diez Acosta shows two Cuban forces at work: intense patriotism against the bullying northern enemy and sincere belief that the communist economic system was a revolutionary cause of great merit. Cubans were willing to die in battle for both reasons.”
—Hispanic American Historical Review