The Cuban Missile Crisis Origins, Course and Aftermath
| Author/creator | Colman, Jonathan Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated [Distributor] |
| Description | 256 p. ill 23.400 x 015.600 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation October 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: the confrontation that brought the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before or since. Both John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were determined to avoid nuclear war, but events could easily have spiraled out of control with cataclysmicresults.Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible. Discover how America was responsible for causing the conflict and Cuba's role as animportant actor rather than a superpower pawn. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780748696284 |
| ISBN | 0748696288 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780748696284 |
| Stock number | 00006328 |