The best we've gotten since then has been 17 minutes to midnight in 1991. But if nothing else, it's significant by comparison. Now, the whole concept behind the Doomsday Clock is symbolic more than anything else-obviously we have more than 120 seconds before a man-made global catastrophe wipes us out. We are two minutes till doomsday, the closest to the end of humanity we've been since 1953 (at least in the time that anyone has been keeping track, over the course of the last 70 years). That puts it to 11:58 p.m.-just two minutes away from midnight, the end of the line. ET for a discussion based on a story or review in each Sunday’s Book World section.This past week, members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board advanced the time of the Doomsday Clock by 30 seconds. Join Book World Live each Tuesday at 3 p.m. He is also the author of Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America and Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire. He also wrote about the Cuban missile crisis and its lessons for today’s leaders in the Post Outlook Section.ĭobbs awards Pinocchios to exaggerating and prevaricating politicians and pundits in his Washington Post column, The Fact Checker. Washington Post staff writer Michael Dobbs was online Tuesday, June 24 to discuss his new book about the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro On the Brink of Nuclear War, which was reviewed in Book World. termed ‘the most dangerous moment in human history.'” In this he succeeds brilliantly, marshaling diverse sources to relate an intensely human story of Americans, Russians and Cubans caught up in what the late historian Arthur M. 27, just before the Kremlin leader lanced the tension by agreeing to withdraw the missiles. “In One Minute to Midnight, Michael Dobbs sets out to ‘help a new generation of readers relive the quintessential Cold War crisis’ and, in particular, its harrowing climax on ‘Black Saturday,’ Oct. ![]() ![]() Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro On the Brink of Nuclear War We have linked to it, as it is too long to keep in its entirety. The most interesting part of this Washington Post article is the online discussion with the author. Joseph Palermo, David Starks, Jack Colhoun, Bill Simpich, Andrew Kiel, Chris Pike, Greg Burnham, Joseph McBride, Stan Weeber, Wayne Smith, Ben Rogers, Bill Holiday, Mel Barney, Randy Benson, John Judge, John Potash and others. Gary Aguilar, Robert Groden, Abraham Bolden, Dick Russell, Russ Baker, Joan Mellen, John Armstrong, Daniel Sheehan, David Montague, PhD (ARRB staff), Rex Bradford, Dr. ![]() Wecht, JD, MD (our founding president), Mark Lane, Peter Dale Scott, and Dr. Those wanting the full DVD set for all speakers can make a donation of $50 or more to COPA, PO Box 772, Washington, DC 20044 or at this website using the Donation button and Paypal.Īmong the speakers were Dr. ![]() We will post some of the key presentations at the website and our YouTube page soon. We apologize for the problems, we did try to correct them during the presentations. Martin Luther King.ĭue to issues with broadband at the hotel server we had difficulty bringing in some remote speakers as well as live-casting all the speakers. COPA held our 20th annual conference in Dallas which will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy and the 45th anniversaries of the murders of Robert F.
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