The Cuban Missile Crisis : Origins, Course and Aftermath /
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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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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