High noon in the Cold War : Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis /
Max Frankel.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Ballantine Books, 2004.
- xiv, 206 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
"A Presidio Press book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.
The crisis in memory -- The palms of spring -- The missiles of October -- K v. K -- The thorn in the flesh -- The rockets hit home -- Only one will face the bull -- And who will blink? -- No very good war -- All of them? -- How far the brink.
An examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis analyzes the roles, objectives, and actions of John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the October 1962 showdown between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. 15.70 history of Europe. Diplomatic relations. Ost-West-Konflikt Kubakrise
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