03304nam 2200577 450 991053454210332120200520144314.01-78539-296-40-7808-1367-7(CKB)3710000000408837(EBL)3384080(SSID)ssj0001498675(PQKBManifestationID)11820085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001498675(PQKBWorkID)11507596(PQKB)11689980(MiAaPQ)EBC3384080(Au-PeEL)EBL3384080(CaPaEBR)ebr11051942(OCoLC)909894510(EXLCZ)99371000000040883720150516h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Cuban Missile Crisis /Laurie Collier HillstromDetroit, Michigan :Omnigraphics,2015.©20151 online resource (248 p.)Defining MomentsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7808-1348-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 Letterâ€?""""Khrushchev Sends His More Aggressive “Second Letterâ€?""; ""Kennedy Responds to Khrushchevâ€?s Initial Offer""; ""Anatoly Dobrynin Worries That Nuclear War Is Imminent""; ""Khrushchev Accepts the Deal""; ""Kennedy Presents “A Strategy for Peaceâ€?""; ""The Crisisâ€?s Lasting Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy""; ""Important People, Places, and Terms""; ""Chronology""; ""Sources for Further Study""; ""Bibliography""; ""Photo and Illustration Credits""; ""Index""Defining moments.Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962Electronic books.Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.973.922Hillstrom Laurie Collier870749MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910534542103321The Cuban Missile Crisis2726002UNINA