Product Description: A two-volume hardcover slipcased with audio DVD: this is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man. As one of Lyndon B. Johnson's first presidential acts following the tragic assassination of John F...read more

Drawing on previously unrevealed Politburo documents and Soviet intelligence materials, the authors of One Hell of a Gamble reassess the role of Nikita Khrushchev during Cold War confrontations with the U.S., offering new insights into the Cuban missile crisis and other events from the perspective of Khrushchev and his inner circle. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.