October 1962.
He is also the author of seven books of nonfiction..
Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University, where he has taught since 1982.
About the Author: Stephen L.
Carter\'s gripping novel Back Channel is a brilliant amalgam of fact and fiction--a suspenseful reimagining of the events that became the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Stephen L.
Pursued by the hawks on both sides, and protected by nothing but her own ingenuity and courage, Margo is drawn ever more deeply into the crossfire as the clock ticks toward World War III.
The fate of the world rests unexpectedly on the shoulders of that emissary, nineteen-year-old Cornell sophomore Margo Jensen.
The only way for the two leaders to negotiate safely is to open a "Back channel" by way of a clandestine emissary.
Kennedy and Khrushchev are in the midst of a military face-off that could lead to nuclear conflagration.
The Soviet Union has smuggled missiles into Cuba.
October 1962
