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The Cuban missile crisis : the threshold of nuclear war

George, Alice L. 1952- (Author).

Summary: "For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban Missile Crisis acted as a catalyst for change during the Cold War. Resolved through back-channel negotiations, the moment is popularly remembered as the closest the world has ever come to full-scale nuclear war. Using government memoranda, personal letters, and newspaper articles The Cuban Missile Crisis, details the actual events of the political history, while explaining widespread public response" --Publisher's website.

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ISBN: 9780415899727 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780415899710 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0415899710 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0415899729 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 189 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-185) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The chill of the nuclear age -- Kennedy and Khrushchev -- The ticking clock -- A world on edge -- Into the dark -- Moving ahead, looking back.