"[A] splendid achievement, as powerful and exciting a book as one is likely to read this year...."--Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review
"Gripping history."--Richard J. Tofel, Wall Street Journal
"[M]esmerizing. I was utterly fascinated....the best, fullest account of crisis yet and will remain so for decades to come."--Stephen E. Ambrose
"[A]s close as most people will ever get to being a fly on the wall during the discussions of leaders."--Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, James G. Blight