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The Cuban Missile Crisis / [book]

By: Carter, E. J, 1971-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: 20th-century perspectives. Publisher: Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2004Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 28 cm.ISBN: 1403441804 (pbk.); 1403438064 (library binding : alk. paper).Subject(s): Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962DDC classification: 972.9106/4 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? -- From Revolution to Totalitarianism -- The Cold War -- Castro and the Cuban Revolution -- JFK and the Election of 1960 -- Disaster at the Bay of Pigs -- Sparring in Vienna and Berlin -- Arming Cuba -- Ex Comm -- Invasion vs. blockade -- Going public -- Diplomacy -- Eyeball to eyeball -- The Jupiters -- A possible solution -- New tensions -- The secret missile swap -- The Danger of Doomsday -- Changing historical views -- Relations afterward -- Timeline.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? -- From Revolution to Totalitarianism -- The Cold War -- Castro and the Cuban Revolution -- JFK and the Election of 1960 -- Disaster at the Bay of Pigs -- Sparring in Vienna and Berlin -- Arming Cuba -- Ex Comm -- Invasion vs. blockade -- Going public -- Diplomacy -- Eyeball to eyeball -- The Jupiters -- A possible solution -- New tensions -- The secret missile swap -- The Danger of Doomsday -- Changing historical views -- Relations afterward -- Timeline.

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