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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786330303321

Autore

Blight James G

Titolo

The armageddon letters [[electronic resource] ] : Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro in the Cuban missile crisis / / James G. Blight and Janet M. Lang ; graphic narrative by Andrew Whyte with storyline and dialogue by Koji Masutani ; [foreword by Peter Almond]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-283-63941-6

1-4422-1681-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LangJanet M. <1948->

WhyteAndrew

MasutaniKoji

Disciplina

812.6

Soggetti

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

American literature

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

Contents; Foreword; INTRODUCTION; CAST OF CHARACTERS; PRELUDE; ACT I; ACT II; ACT III; ACT IV; POSTSCRIPT; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

On the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Armageddon Letters: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro in the Cuban Missile Crisis recreates the drama of those tumultuous days as experienced by the leaders of the three countries directly involved. They poignantly document the rapidly shifting physical and psychological realities each leader faced, allowing the reader to experience the crisis as never before.