For more than 70 years, MARVIN KALB has been a journalist, teacher and writer. An award-winning author of 17 books, Kalb is the Murrow Professor emeritus at Harvard, founding Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, former CBS and NBC Diplomatic Correspondent and Senior Fellow (non-resident) at the Brookings Institution.

"Marvin Kalb is a national treasure, a pioneering journalist present at the creation of the historical record for some of the momentous events of the Cold War. For example, he takes the reader deep into the diplomatic heart of the Cuban missile crisis. As Kennedy and Khrushchev take the measure of each other, Marvin takes the measure of them and a world on edge. This book bristles with the unique insights and vibrant analysis that only a first-hand perspective can bring." -Fiona Hill, author, There is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century "High drama...nuclear brinksmanship...the Cuban missile crisis...Kennedy and Khrushchev: here is the story as recorded and reported by a young CBS news correspondent, recently named Moscow bureau chief, fluent Russian speaker, hand-picked by Edward R. Murrow, with the pulse-pounding background stories of the bulletins and news specials of the early 1960's. My old colleague and competitor brings it all to life." -Ted Koppel, founding anchor of ABC's Nightline "In this wonderful third volume of his memoir as CBS correspondent in Moscow from 1956 to 1964, Kalb combines insightful recollections of Khrushchev's efforts to ease the cold war, resulting ironically in harrowing clashes with Kennedy over Berlin and Cuba, with a fascinating insider's account of how American journalists struggled to cover the mercurial but ultimately unsuccessful Soviet leader." -William Taubman, author, Khrushchev, the Man and His Era "Every chapter from one of the legends in American journalism is compelling. The most fascinating is Kalb's reporting from Moscow during the Cuban missile crisis. He brilliantly captures the stakes, the drama and the calculations of the Soviet leader." -Judy Woodruff, anchor, PBS's Newshour

Publisher: Modern Memoirs, Inc.

Pub date: 2025-01-15

Length: 532 pages