The Cuban missile crisis : the threshold of nuclear war / / Alice L. George
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| Autore: |
George Alice L. <1952-, >
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| Titolo: |
The Cuban missile crisis : the threshold of nuclear war / / Alice L. George
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 972.9106/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The chill of the nuclear age -- Kennedy and Khrushchev -- The ticking clock -- A world on edge -- Into the dark -- Moving ahead, looking back. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | ?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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Cuban missile crisis |
| ISBN: | 1-136-17403-6 |
| 0-203-08149-8 | |
| 1-299-38653-9 | |
| 1-136-17404-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811348003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Critical moments in American history.