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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461729903321

Titolo

Cuban Missile Crisis [[electronic resource] ] : the essential reference guide / / Priscilla Roberts, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : ABC-CLIO, c2012

ISBN

1-280-49678-9

9786613592019

1-61069-066-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RobertsPriscilla Mary

Disciplina

972.9106/4

Soggetti

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Cuban Missile Crisis; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Entries; Introduction; Entries; Primary Documents; 1. President John F. Kennedy, Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba, October 22, 1962; 2. Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges during the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 22-28, 1962; 3. Meeting between U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, October 27, 1962; 4. Meeting between U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, October 28, 1962

5. Chairman Nikita Khrushchev to President John F. Kennedy, Moscow, October 28, 19626. Meeting between U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, October 30, 1962; 7. Letters between Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, October 26-31, 1962; Chronology; Bibliography; About the Editor and Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on revealing new research, this richly informative volume is the definitive concise introduction to the crisis that took the world to the brink of nuclear war.