Missiles in Cuba Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro and the 1962 Crisis

Name: Missiles in Cuba Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro and the 1962 Crisis
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ISBN: 9781566631563

ISBN-10: 1566631564

ISBN-13: 9781566631563

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Authors: Mark J. White

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The causes and consequences of the 1962 crisis as well as a day-by-day narrative of the confrontation, based on up-to-date scholarship and newly released documents. American Ways Series.

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List price: $16.95
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Publication date: 2/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 182
Size: 5.37" wide x 8.40" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English




Preface



Background To Crisis



Policy toward Cuba in the pre-Kennedy years


JFK's political backgroud and foreign policy views


1960 presidential campaign and its aftermath


Bay of Pigs


Military contingency plans


Operation Mongoose


CIA attempts to assassinate Castro


JFK's use of di



The Societs Act: Operation Anadyr



Why Khrushchev placed nuclear weapons in Cuba


Castro's motives for accepting the missles


The start of Operation Anadyr



An Autumn Of Discontent



Soviet outlook and strategy in the fall of 1962


Cuban hints that missles were being sent


Republican attacks on kennedy


Congressional and media pressure


Role played by U.S


intelligence


JFK's public stance on Cuba


Jupiter missles in Turkey


Accelerat



Week One: How To Respond



Day-by-day in the crisis, from the day JFK was informed that nuclear weapons were in Cuba until the day he announced his intention to blocade the island



Week Two: How To Defuse



Day-by-day, examining the road to a settlement



Aftermath And Conclusion



Problems in implementing the settlement


Long-term impact of the missile crisis


Conclusions



A Note on Sources



Index