The Cuban Missile Crisis

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cold War Goes Hot
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cold War Goes Hot
    By Jim Whiting

    When President John F. Kennedy learned about these weapons, he confronted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. The world teetered on the brink of a nuclear war. This is the story of that chilling event.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cold War Goes Hot
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cold War Goes Hot
    By Jim Whiting

    The Cold War Goes Hot Jim Whiting. FOR YOUR INFORMATION a The son of a coal miner , Nikita Khrushchev was born on April 17 , 1894 , in the Ukraine , which was part of Russia at that time . After a few years of school , he went to work ...

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    By Catherine Hester Gow

    227 . 51. Quoted in Bourne , Fidel : A Biography , ber 1962 , pp . 66. Quoted in Thomas G. Paterson , Kennedy's Quest for Victory . New York : Oxford University Press , 1989 , p . 142 . . 67. Quoted in Susan Maloney Clinton , The Cuban ...

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Struggle Over Policy
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Struggle Over Policy
    By Roger Hilsman

    First , the Soviets thought that the democracies were " too liberal to fight , " as the poet Robert Frost reported Khrushchev as saying . On the other hand , as Arthur M. Schlesinger , Jr. , has pointed out , Frost was interpreting an ...

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Threshold of Nuclear War
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Threshold of Nuclear War
    By Alice L. George

    The chill of the nuclear age -- Kennedy and Khrushchev -- The ticking clock -- A world on edge -- Into the dark -- Moving ahead, looking back.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Critical Reappraisal
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Critical Reappraisal
    By Len Scott, R. Gerald Hughes

    This volume brings together a collection of leading international experts to revisit and review our understanding of the Cuban Missile Crisis, via a critical reappraisal of some of the key texts.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cold War Goes Hot
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cold War Goes Hot
    By Jim Whiting

    The Cuban Missile Crisis in American History. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2001. Carter, E. J. 20th-Century Perspectives: The Cuban Missile Crisis. Chicago: The Heinemann Library, 2003. Chrisp, Peter.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: A History from Beginning to End
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: A History from Beginning to End
    By Hourly History

    Discover the remarkable history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    By Myra Immell

    This volume introduces and provides a brief overview of major factors that contributed to the Cuban missile crisis during October 1962.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    By E. J. Carter

    Provides information about the events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, explaining the relationship between Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro and the strategic position of Cuba.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    By Charlie Samuels

    " This notable book, packed with interesting sidebars and fascinating facts, transports readers back to a time of political intrigue.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days That Brought the Cold War to the Brink
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days That Brought the Cold War to the Brink
    By Charles River Charles River Editors

    The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days That Brought the Cold War to the Brink comprehensively covers the fateful days that brought the two superpowers closer to nuclear war than they had ever been before or would ever get again.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy

    Accompanied by extensively annotated transcripts of the recordings, and with a foreword by Caroline Kennedy, Listening In delivers the story behind the story in the unguarded words and voices of the decision-makers themselves.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: Listening in
    By Caroline Kennedy

    Accompanied by extensively annotated transcripts of the recordings, and with a foreword by Caroline Kennedy, Listening In delivers the story behind the story in the unguarded words and voices of the decision-makers themselves.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy's Address to the Nation, October 22, 1962
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy's Address to the Nation, October 22, 1962
    By John Fitzgerald Kennedy

    The Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy's Address to the Nation, October 22, 1962

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    By E. J. Carter

    Provides information about the events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, explaining the relationship between Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro and the strategic position of Cuba.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History
    By David A. Welch, Don Munton

    The authors distill the best current scholarship on the Cuban missile crisis into a brief narrative history. They draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its...

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    By Robert A. Divine

    Selected essays evaluate President Kennedy's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, while summarizing the major events and contributing factors.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    By M. White

    How was it resolved? By focusing on the roles of a number of key individuals, such as JFK, Robert Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, and by using recently declassified materials, this book frames answers to these questions.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Critical Reappraisal
    The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Critical Reappraisal
    By Len Scott, R. Gerald Hughes

    This volume brings together a collection of leading international experts to revisit and review our understanding of the Cuban Missile Crisis, via a critical reappraisal of some of the key texts.