13 дней до Апокалипсиса. Хроника Карибского кризиса

Karibskiĭ krizis ("Kubinskiĭ raketnyĭ krizis") v okti͡abre 1962 goda - samyĭ opasnyĭ moment v otnoshenii͡akh SShA i SSSR, kotoryĭ mog privesti k globalʹnoĭ i͡adernoĭ voĭne. Krizis byl vyzvan razmeshcheniem Sovetskim Soi͡uzom ballisticheskikh i takticheskikh raket (v tom chisle s atomnymi boegolovkami) na Kube, v neposredstvennoĭ blizosti ot poberezhʹi͡a SShA. Ob ėtikh sobytii͡akh rasskazyvaet Robert Kennedi, Generalʹnyĭ prokuror SShA s 1961 po 1964 god, mladshiĭ brat prezidenta Dzhona Kennedi. Rasskaz Roberta Kennedi polon dramaticheskikh podrobnosteĭ o tom, kak mir stoi͡al na poroge Apokalipsisa, kogda, po minimalʹnym ot͡senkam, v odin denʹ moglo pogibnutʹ do 80 millionov chelovek. Kennedi pishet i ob urokakh Karibskogo krizisa, ne poteri͡avshikh znachenii͡a do nashikh dneĭ.

The Caribbean crisis ("Cuban Missile Crisis") in October 1962 was the most dangerous moment in relations between the United States and the USSR, which could lead to a global nuclear war. The crisis was caused by the Soviet Union's deployment of ballistic and tactical missiles (including those with atomic warheads) in Cuba, in close proximity to the coast of the United States. Robert Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States from 1961 to 1964, the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, tells about these events. Robert Kennedy's story is full of dramatic details about how the world was on the verge of an Apocalypse, when, according to minimal estimates, up to 80 million people could die in one day. Kennedy also writes about the lessons of the Caribbean crisis, which have not lost their significance to the present day.