The Unknown Story of Vasily Arkhipov, the Man Who Saved the World From a Nuclear War in 1962.

Alone, he prevented the USSR from attacking the United States during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

When I mention the name Vasily Arkhipov, few people will be able to tell me who he is and what he did. At most, you will say that he was probably a Russian or a Soviet. But you won't know much more than that, because history books rarely mention Vasily Arkhipov.

And yet, if Vasily Arkhipov had not existed, there is no doubt that the face of the world wou…