The Cuban Missile Crisis
β John Griffiths
π Library
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1987
π Rourke Enterprises, Inc.
π English
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
β Scribed by Mark J. White (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 301
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Approaching Camelot: John F. Kennedy and the Tools of a New Frontiersman....Pages 1-21
Kennedyβs Cuban Policies: Misconceptions and Missed Opportunities....Pages 22-59
Nikita Khrushchev and the Decision to Deploy....Pages 60-88
The Fall Offensive of Senator Keating....Pages 89-114
Belligerent Beginnings: JFK on the Opening Day....Pages 115-134
The Battle for Blockade: Bobby Kennedy versus Dean Acheson....Pages 135-163
Adlai Stevenson: Hamlet in New York....Pages 164-184
DΓ©nouement....Pages 185-231
Conclusion....Pages 232-241
Back Matter....Pages 242-291
β¦ Subjects
History of the Americas; International Relations; Military and Defence Studies; US History
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