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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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Autor principal: Colman, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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  • 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