The Cuban Missile Crisis : a concise history / Don Munton, David A. Welch.
| Author/creator | Munton, Don |
| Other author | Welch, David A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xv, 119 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : the REAL thirteen days? -- 1. Background to the crisis -- US-Cuban relations in historical perspective -- The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose -- The Soviet decision to deploy -- 2. Deployment and discovery -- Details of the deployment -- The intelligence game of cat and mouse -- Warnings too late -- On the eve of crisis -- 3. From discovery to blockade -- The storm before the calm -- Narrowing the options -- Decision : the calm before the storm -- 4. The perfect storm -- The speech -- Carrots and sticks -- Khrushchev and Kennedy waver -- The crisis heats up -- The Dobrynin meeting -- Climax and resolution -- 5. Aftermath -- Removing the missiles from Cuba -- The Cuban bomber crisis -- The domestic and international public reaction -- Steps toward détente : the hot line and test ban -- Conclusion -- Bibliographic essay -- Early treatments of the crisis -- The second wave : "critical oral history" -- Recent accounts -- Background and history -- Aftermath -- Document collections and Websites -- Film. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-112) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006040037 |
| ISBN | 0195178599 |
| ISBN | 0195178602 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780195178609 |
| ISBN | 9780195178593 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E841 .M796 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |