The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Author : M. White
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1995-11-20
The Cuban Missile Crisis written by M. White and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-11-20 with History categories.
Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen? How was it resolved? By focusing on the roles of a number of key individuals, such as JFK, Robert Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, and by using recently declassified materials, this book frames answers to these questions. In so doing, it presents a cluster of new findings and arguments, including a fresh interpretation of Khrushchev's motives for putting missiles in Cuba, new information on the mystery surrounding Senator Kenneth Keating's secret sources, and evidence indicating that JFK planned to carry out a military strike on Cuba at the start of the crisis.
The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 categories.
Nuclear Folly
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Author : Serhii Plokhy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-04-13
Nuclear Folly written by Serhii Plokhy and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with History categories.
*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History* 'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of Armageddon in October 1962' Martin Chilton, Independent The definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine and fallout; nuclear war between the two most-powerful nations on Earth. In Nuclear Folly, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the riveting story of those weeks, tracing the tortuous decision-making and calculated brinkmanship of John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, and of their advisors and commanders on the ground. More often than not, Plokhy argues, the Americans and Soviets simply misread each other, operating under mutual distrust, second-guesses and false information. Despite all of this, nuclear disaster was avoided thanks to one very human reason: fear. Drawing on an impressive array of primary sources, including recently declassified KGB files, Plokhy masterfully illustrates the drama of those tense days. Authoritative, fast-paced and unforgettable, this is the definitive new account of the Cold War's most perilous moment.
The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis
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Author : Sergo Anastasovich Mikoi︠a︡n
language : en
Publisher: Cold War International History
Release Date : 2012
The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis written by Sergo Anastasovich Mikoi︠a︡n and has been published by Cold War International History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
300 pages of documents include: telegrams, memoranda of conversations, instructions to diplomats, etc.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Author : Alice George
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-20
The Cuban Missile Crisis written by Alice George and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-20 with History categories.
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 Cuban Missile Crisis, details the actual events of the political history, while explaining widespread public response. In six concise chapters, Alice George introduces the history of Cold War America and contextualizes its political, social, and cultural legacy. This will be a must-read for anyone looking for an in-depth summary of these important events. For additional resources please visit the companion website at http://www.routledge.com/cw/criticalmoments.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Author : Alice George
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-20
The Cuban Missile Crisis written by Alice George and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-20 with History categories.
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 Cuban Missile Crisis, details the actual events of the political history, while explaining widespread public response. In six concise chapters, Alice George introduces the history of Cold War America and contextualizes its political, social, and cultural legacy. This will be a must-read for anyone looking for an in-depth summary of these important events. For additional resources please visit the companion website at http://www.routledge.com/cw/criticalmoments.
Intelligence And The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Author : James G. Blight
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Intelligence And The Cuban Missile Crisis written by James G. Blight and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with History categories.
This is the first study to examine throughly the role of US, Soviet and Cuban Intelligence in the nuclear crisis of 1962 - the closest the world has come to Armageddon.
The Cuban Missile Crisis In American Memory
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Author : Sheldon M Stern
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-25
The Cuban Missile Crisis In American Memory written by Sheldon M Stern and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-25 with History categories.
"Marshals irrefutable evidence to succinctly demolish the mythic version of the crisis . . . sober analysis." — The Atlantic This book exposes the misconceptions, half-truths, and outright lies that have shaped the still dominant but largely mythical version of what happened in the White House during those harrowing two weeks of secret Cuban missile crisis deliberations. More than a half-century after the event, it is surely time to demonstrate, once and for all, that Robert F. Kennedy's Thirteen Days and the personal memoirs of other ExComm members cannot be taken seriously as historically accurate accounts of the ExComm meetings. This book, from the first historian to listen to and evaluate the White House tapes made during the crisis, does exactly that. "Stern is not alone in questioning the precision of the transcripts offered, but he has made the most painstaking attempt to clarify what was really said and done." — Journal of American History
The Week The World Stood Still
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Author : Sheldon M. Stern
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2005-01-18
The Week The World Stood Still written by Sheldon M. Stern and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-18 with History categories.
The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in American history. In this dramatic narrative written especially for students and general readers, Sheldon M. Stern, longtime historian at the John F. Kennedy Library, enables the reader to follow the often harrowing twists and turns of the crisis. Based on the author’s authoritative transcriptions of the secretly recorded ExComm meetings, the book conveys the emotional ambiance of the meetings by capturing striking moments of tension and anger as well as occasional humorous intervals. Unlike today's readers, the participants did not have the luxury of knowing how this potentially catastrophic showdown would turn out, and their uncertainty often gives their discussions the nerve-racking quality of a fictional thriller. As President Kennedy told his advisers, “What we are doing is throwing down a card on the table in a game which we don't know the ending of.” Stern documents that JFK and his administration bore a substantial share of the responsibility for the crisis. Covert operations in Cuba, including efforts to kill Fidel Castro, had convinced Nikita Khrushchev that only the deployment of nuclear weapons could protect Cuba from imminent attack. However, President Kennedy, a seasoned Cold Warrior in public, was deeply suspicious of military solutions to political problems and appalled by the prospect of nuclear war. He consistently steered policy makers away from an apocalyptic nuclear conflict, measuring each move and countermove with an eye to averting what he called, with stark eloquence, “the final failure.”
Awaiting Armageddon
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Author : Alice L. George
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2003
Awaiting Armageddon written by Alice L. George and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
The historian and former Philadelphia Daily News editor revisits the nation's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, finding Americans woefully unprepared to face the realities of nuclear brinksmanship and war because of years of concealment and cultural denial. (History)