The Cuban Missile Crisis /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit, MI :
Omnigraphics,
[2015]
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| Series: | Defining moments.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- The Cold War
- The United States and Cuba
- The discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba
- The world reaches the brink of nuclear war
- The Cold War comes to an end
- Legacy of the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Biographies. Rudolf Anderson Jr. (1927-1962) ; Fidel Castro (1926- ) ; Anatoly Dobrynin (1919-2010) ; Alexander Feklisov (1914-2007) ; John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) ; Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) ; Nikita Khrushchev (1891-1971) ; John McCone (1902-1991) ; Robert S. McNamara (1916-2009) ; Ted Sorensen (1928-2010)
- Primary sources. The Soviet Union vows to defend Cuba ; Robert F. Kennedy describes ExComm deliberations ; John F. Kennedy tells the world about the missiles ; Nikita Khrushchev denounces the U.S. naval blockade ; An influential columnist proposes a solution ; Fidel Castro calls for a nuclear strike ; Khrushchev sends his conciliatory "first letter" ; Khrushchev sends his more aggressive "second letter" ; Kennedy responds to Khrushchev's initial offer ; Anatoly Dobrynin worries that nuclear war is imminent ; Khrushchev accepts the deal ; Kennedy presents "a strategy for peace" ; The crisis's lasting impact on U.S. foreign policy
- Important people, places, and terms
- Chronology.