02476oam 2200601I 450 991045273980332120200520144314.00-203-08149-81-299-38653-91-136-17404-410.4324/9780203081495 (CKB)2550000001017435(EBL)1157762(OCoLC)833767556(SSID)ssj0000855966(PQKBManifestationID)11460054(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000855966(PQKBWorkID)10806429(PQKB)10809046(MiAaPQ)EBC1157762(Au-PeEL)EBL1157762(CaPaEBR)ebr10676527(CaONFJC)MIL469903(EXLCZ)99255000000101743520180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Cuban missile crisis the threshold of nuclear war /Alice L. GeorgeNew York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (388 p.)Critical moments in American historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-89972-9 0-415-89971-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The chill of the nuclear age -- Kennedy and Khrushchev -- The ticking clock -- A world on edge -- Into the dark -- Moving ahead, looking back.?For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban Missile Crisis acted as a catalyst for change during the Cold War. Resolved through back-channel negotiations, the moment is popularly remembered as the closest the world has ever come to full-scale nuclear war.Using government memoranda, personal letters, and newspaper articles The CCritical moments in American history.Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962Electronic books.Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.972.9106/4George Alice L.1952-,904134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452739803321The Cuban missile crisis2120999UNINA