Cuban Missile Crisis A Concise History

Name: Cuban Missile Crisis A Concise History
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ISBN: 9780199795703

ISBN-10: 0199795703

ISBN-13: 9780199795703

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Don Munton, David A. Welch

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InThe Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History, Second Edition, Don Munton and David A. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the Cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. Stressing the importance of context in relation to the genesis, conduct, and resolution of the crisis, Munton and Welch examine events from the U.S., Soviet, and Cuban angles, revealing the vital role that differences in national perspectives played at every stage. While the book provides a concise, up-to-date look at this pivotal event, it also notes…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



New To The Second Edition


Acknowledgments


Acronyms


Dramatics Personae (and positions in October 1962)


Introduction The Real Thirteen Days?



Background to the Crisis


U.S.-Cuban Relations in Historical Perspective


The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose


The Soviet Decision to Deploy



Deployment and Discovery


Details of the Deployment


The Intelligence Game of Cat and Mouse


Warnings Too Late


On the Eve of Crisis



From Discovery to Blockade


The Storm Before the Calm


Narrowing the Options


Decision



The Perfect Storm


The Speech


Carrots and Sticks


Khrushchev and Kennedy Waver


The Crisis Heats Up


The Dobrynin Meeting


Climax and Resolution



Aftermath


Removing the Missiles from Cuba


The Cuban Bomber Crisis


The Domestic and International Public Reaction


Steps Toward Dï¿½tente: The Hot Line and Test Ban


Conclusion The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years Later


Bibliographic Essay


Early Treatments of the Crisis


The Second Wave: "Critical Oral History"


Recent Accounts


Backgroud and History


Aftermath and Lessons


Document Collections and Websites


Film


Index