Cuban Missile Crisis The Threshold of Nuclear War

Name: Cuban Missile Crisis The Threshold of Nuclear War
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ISBN: 9780415899727

ISBN-10: 0415899729

ISBN-13: 9780415899727

Edition: 2013

Authors: Alice George

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Almost fifty years later, the Cuban Missile Crisis stands alone in world history as a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war, an event that could have taken millions of lives on both sides. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through the wisdom of chastened and circumspect leadership, the crisis acted as a catalyst for change, both good and bad, in the Cold War. Most of all, it illuminated a path that drew leaders of the two superpowers away from reckless gamesmanship. In the 21st Century, the Cold War is part of history, but the nuclear weaponry remains a danger. Using government memoranda, personal letters, newspaper articles and other primary sources The Cuban Missile Crisis,…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/18/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Series Introduction


List of Figures


Acknowledgments


Timeline



The Chill of the Nuclear Age



Kennedy and Khrushchev



The Ticking Clock



A World on Edge



Into the Dark



Moving Ahead, Looking Back


Documents


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index