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Record Nr.

UNINA9910534542103321

Autore

Hillstrom Laurie Collier

Titolo

The Cuban Missile Crisis / / Laurie Collier Hillstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Michigan : , : Omnigraphics, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78539-296-4

0-7808-1367-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Defining Moments

Disciplina

973.922

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

""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""How to Use This Book""; ""Research Topics for Defining Moments: The Cuban Missile Crisis""; ""Narrative Overview""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter One: The Cold War""; ""Chapter Two: The United States and Cuba""; ""Chapter Three: The Discovery of Soviet Missiles in Cuba""; ""Chapter Four: The World Reaches the Brink of Nuclear War""; ""Chapter Five: The Cold War Comes to an End""; ""Chapter Six: The Legacy of the Cuban Missile Crisis""; ""Biographies""; ""Rudolf Anderson Jr. (1927-1962)""; ""Fidel Castro (1926- )""; ""Anatoly Dobrynin (1919-2010)""

""Alexander Feklisov (1914-2007)""""John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)""; ""Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)""; ""Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)""; ""John McCone (1902-1991)""; ""Robert S. McNamara (1916-2009)""; ""Ted Sorensen (1928-2010)""; ""Primary Sources""; ""The Soviet Union Vows to Defend Cuba""; ""Robert F. Kennedy Describes ExComm Deliberations""; ""John F. Kennedy Tells the World about the Missiles""; ""Nikita Khrushchev Denounces the U.S. Naval Blockade""; ""An Influential Columnist Proposes a Solution""; ""Fidel Castro Calls for a Nuclear Strike""

""Khrushchev Sends His Conciliatory “First Letter�""""Khrushchev Sends His More Aggressive “Second Letter�""; ""Kennedy Responds to Khrushchev�s Initial Offer""; ""Anatoly Dobrynin Worries



That Nuclear War Is Imminent""; ""Khrushchev Accepts the Deal""; ""Kennedy Presents “A Strategy for Peace�""; ""The Crisis�s Lasting Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy""; ""Important People, Places, and Terms""; ""Chronology""; ""Sources for Further Study""; ""Bibliography""; ""Photo and Illustration Credits""; ""Index""