One hell of a gamble : Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964 /

A look at newly opened Russian archives reveals just how close we got to nuclear Armageddon during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Autor Principal: Fursenko, A. A.
Outros autores: Naftali, Timothy J.
Formato: Libro
Idioma:English
Publicado: New York : Norton, ©1997.
Edición:1st ed.
Subjects:
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • "Where does Castro stand regarding Russia?"
  • Our man in Havana
  • La Coubre
  • "Cuba si, Yankee no!"
  • Bay of Pigs
  • The education of a president
  • Condor and Mongoose
  • Trouble in the tropics
  • The nuclear decision
  • Anadyr
  • "Now we can swat your ass"
  • Ex comm
  • Missile crisis
  • Climax of the Cold War
  • Mikoyan's mission
  • To the American University speech
  • Dallas and Moscow.