E-book
When angels wept a what-if history of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Record details
- ISBN: 1597975176
- ISBN: 9781597975179
- ISBN: 1597975656 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781597975650 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 307 p.) : maps.
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electronic resource - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Prologue: the Pay of Pigs invasion -- Making tools : mushroom clouds and dreams of space -- Survivor : Nikita Krushchev -- Young man of ambition : John F. Kennedy -- Operation Anadyr : the plan to protect Cuba -- The U-2 flight that never happened : the crisis begins -- Helter Skelter : the world teeters on the edge of sanity -- Desperation : the spark -- Angels weep : the fire comes -- In the ruins : learning to survive. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Imaginary histories Imaginary histories Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
