LEADER 02507oam 2200613I 450 001 9910779414703321 005 20230803020418.0 010 $a1-136-17403-6 010 $a0-203-08149-8 010 $a1-299-38653-9 010 $a1-136-17404-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203081495 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017435 035 $a(EBL)1157762 035 $a(OCoLC)833767556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000855966 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11460054 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000855966 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10806429 035 $a(PQKB)10809046 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1157762 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1157762 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676527 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL469903 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB133746 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017435 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Cuban missile crisis $ethe threshold of nuclear war /$fAlice L. George 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (388 p.) 225 1 $aCritical moments in American history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-89972-9 311 $a0-415-89971-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe chill of the nuclear age -- Kennedy and Khrushchev -- The ticking clock -- A world on edge -- Into the dark -- Moving ahead, looking back. 330 $a?For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban Missile Crisis acted as a catalyst for change during the Cold War. Resolved through back-channel negotiations, the moment is popularly remembered as the closest the world has ever come to full-scale nuclear war.Using government memoranda, personal letters, and newspaper articles The C 410 0$aCritical moments in American history. 606 $aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962 615 0$aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962. 676 $a972.9106/4 700 $aGeorge$b Alice L.$f1952-,$0904134 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779414703321 996 $aThe Cuban missile crisis$93733764 997 $aUNINA