This volume introduces and provides a brief overview of major factors that contributed to the Cuban missile crisis during October 1962.
... Missile Crisis 1962 (London: MacGibbon and Kee Ltd, 1966). Tomas Diez Acosta, October 1962: The 'Missile' Crisis as Seen From Cuba (London: Pathfinder, 2002). Kenneth Michael Absher, Mindsets and Missiles: A First-Hand Account of the ...
... Missile Crisis, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1966. Kenneth Michael Absher. Mindsets and Missiles: A Firsthand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Strategic Studies Institute, 2009. Matthew M. Aid. The Secret Sentry; the Untold History of ...
What happened at the Bay of Pigs?
This notable book, packed with interesting sidebars and fascinating facts, transports readers back to a time of political intrigue.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
While the book provides a concise, up-to-date look at this pivotal event, it also notes gaps and mysteries in the historical record and highlights important persistent interpretive disputes.
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the closest the world has yet come to nuclear war, a time when the hands of the Doomsday Clock really did inch towards the witching hour of midnight.