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Author | : Robert Smith Thompson |
Publisher | : Touchstone |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1993-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780671871765 |
A dramatic reinterpretation of a seminal event of the Cold War--based on documents recently made available at the National Security Archive. Thompson recreates the hysterical anti-communist atmosphere of the early 1960s, shedding light on one of the darkest moments in recent history. Photos.
Author | : Philip Nash |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2000-11-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807863564 |
Shedding important new light on the history of the Cold War, Philip Nash tells the story of what the United States gave up to help end the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. By drawing on documents only recently declassified, he shows that one of President Kennedy's compromises with the Soviets involved the removal of Jupiter missiles from Italy and Turkey, an arrangement concealed from both the American public and the rest of the NATO allies. Nash traces the entire history of the Jupiters and explores why the United States offered these nuclear missiles, which were capable of reaching targets in the Soviet Union, to its European allies after the launch of Sputnik. He argues that, despite their growing doubts, both Eisenhower and Kennedy proceeded with the deployment of the missiles because they felt that cancellation would seriously damage America's credibility with its allies and the Soviet Union. The Jupiters subsequently played a far more significant role in Khrushchev's 1962 decision to deploy his missiles in Cuba, in U.S. deliberations during the ensuing missile crisis, and in the resolution of events in Cuba than most existing histories have supposed.
Author | : Sergo Anastasovich Mikoi︠a︡n |
Publisher | : Cold War International History |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780804762014 |
300 pages of documents include: telegrams, memoranda of conversations, instructions to diplomats, etc.
Author | : Robert F. Kennedy |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2011-04-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393341534 |
"A minor classic in its laconic, spare, compelling evocation by a participant of the shifting moods and maneuvers of the most dangerous moment in human history." —Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the participants during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a new foreword, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance of new information about the crisis that has come to light, especially from the Soviet Union.
Author | : Tomás Diez Acosta |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In October 1962, Washington pushed the world to the edge of nuclear war. Here, for the first time, the full story of that historic moment is told from the perspective of the Cuban people, whose determination to defend their sovereignty and their socialist revolution blocked U.S. plans for a military assault and saved humanity from the consequences of a nuclear holocaust.
Author | : Robert Smith Thompson |
Publisher | : Touchstone |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1993-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780671871765 |
A dramatic reinterpretation of a seminal event of the Cold War--based on documents recently made available at the National Security Archive. Thompson recreates the hysterical anti-communist atmosphere of the early 1960s, shedding light on one of the darkest moments in recent history. Photos.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 962 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 |
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Author | : Ernest R May |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2002-02-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780393322590 |
October 1962: the United States and the Soviet Union stood eyeball to eyeball, each brandishing enough nuclear weapons to obliterate civilization in the Northern Hemisphere. It was one of the most dangerous moments in world history. Day by day, for two weeks, the inner circle of President Kennedy's National Security Council debated what to do, twice coming to the brink of attacking Soviet military units in Cuba -- units equipped for nuclear retaliation. And through it all, unbeknownst to any of the participants except the President himself, tape was rolling, capturing for posterity the deliberations that might have ended the world as we know it. Now available in this new concise edition, The Kennedy Tapes retains its gripping sense of history in the making. Book jacket.
Author | : Howard Brinkley |
Publisher | : BookCaps Study Guides |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2012-12-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1621074536 |
Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev prepared for the possibility of nuclear war. While neither man wanted a war and understood the potential consequences, the situation was not merely in their hands. Khrushchev faced pressure from Soviets to take a hardline stance against the U.S., while Kennedy faced the real possibility of a military coup if he did not follow the strong recommendations of his military advisors to destroy the missiles. As Attorney General Robert Kennedy said, "The 10 or 12 people who participated in all these discussions were bright and energetic people. We had perhaps amongst the most able in the country and if any one of a half a dozen of them were president, the world would have been very likely plunged into catastrophic war." Read more about the history of this short crisis in this book. HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With each book, a brief period of history is recapped. We publish a wide array of topics (from baseball and music to science and philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly to see our newest books.
Author | : David Coleman |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2012-10-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393084418 |
Describes what was going on in the Oval Office as the highly-charged events leading up the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded, as well as the immediate aftermath, based on secret recordings made by President Kennedy.