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The other missiles of October : Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Jupiters, 1957-1963 /
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 invo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807863564 9780807863565 |