The Cuban Missile Crisis
β Scribed by Laurie Collier Hillstrom
- Publisher
- Omnigraphics, Inc.
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 247
- Series
- Defining Moments
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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 episode in U.S. history, primary source documents, and more.
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