Cuban Missile Crisis, the Russian Side of the Story

[anorlunda]

https://arstechnica.com/science/202...rocket-scientists-nearly-nuked-new-york-city/

Details revealed in this article are eye popping. Must reading.

 

[Frabjous]

There is a dry, but interesting history of Soviet strategic forces.
The Kremlin’s Nuclear Sword by Zaloga
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1588344843/?tag=pfamazon01-20

There is also Rockets and People by Chertok in 4 volumes (which I have not read)
https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/rockets_people_vol1_detail.html