The Cuban missile crisis

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Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen? How was it resolved? By focusing on the roles of a number of key individuals, such as JFK, Robert Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, and by using recently declassified materials, this book frames answers to these questions. In so doing, it presents a cluster of new findings and arguments, including a fresh interpretation of Khrushchev's motives for putting missiles in Cuba, new information on the mystery surrounding Senator Kenneth Keating's secret sources, …

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Full title :The Cuban missile crisis / Mark J. White.

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Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 291 p.

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ISBN:9780230374508, 0230374506, 9780333630525, 0333630521
oclc:on1229767613

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Approaching Camelot: John F. Kennedy and the Tools of a New Frontiersman -- Kennedy's Cuban Policies: Misconceptions and Missed Opportunities -- Nikita Khrushchev and the Decision to Deploy -- The Fall Offensive of Senator Keating -- Belligerent Beginnings: JFK on the Opening Day -- The Battle for Blockade: Robert Kennedy versus Dean Acheson -- Adlai Stevenson: Hamlet in New York -- Denouement -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.