The Cuban Missile Crisis : : Origins, Course and Aftermath /

The Cuban Missile Crisis : : Origins, Course and Aftermath / / Jonathan Colman.

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Draws on new sources to examine one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in world histor from a global perspectiveThe Cuban Missile Crisis was a six-day clash in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Both John F. Kenn...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Colman, Jonathan,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The United States, the Cuban Revolution and the Cold War, 1959-61
  • 2. The Decision to Base Nuclear Missiles in Cuba, Spring-Summer 1962
  • 3. Discovering the Missile Bases, 14-22 October 1962
  • 4. Confrontation, 22-25 October 1962
  • 5. A World Crisis, 22-28 October 1962
  • 6. Nadir and Resolution, 26-28 October 1962
  • 7. Aftermath I, November-December 1962
  • 8. Aftermath II, 1963-70
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: List of Persons
  • Appendix 2: Chronology
  • Appendix 3: Biographies
  • Appendix 4: Documents
  • Index

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