Provides users with a detailed and authoritative overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962 that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Includes biographies of principal figures involved in this pivotal episod
The Cuban Missile Crisis
β Scribed by John Griffiths
- Publisher
- Rourke Enterprises, Inc.
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 88
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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