World on Brink

A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983–the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon

A riveting, thrilling account of 1983—the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon1983 was a dangerous year.

The leading national security expert who predicted Putin’s intention to invade Ukraine argues that China’s Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan in the coming years—with dire stakes for America and the world if he is not deterred

The heady days of Camelot were clouded by the political and military tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Marvin Kalb, Richard Reeves, Robert Dallek, Sergei Khrushchev and more explain how close the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis brought us all to World War III – and how two nuclear superpowers moved from near confrontation to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.