| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 426 p., [24] p.of plates : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Americans -- Russians -- Cubans -- "Eyeball to eyeball" -- "Till hell freezes over -- Intel -- Nukes -- Strike first -- Hunt for the "Grozny" -- Shootdown -- "Some sonofabitch" -- "Run like hell" -- Cat and mouse -- "Crate and return". |
| Summary |
In this hour-by-hour chronicle, he takes us onto the decks of American ships patrolling Cuba; inside sweltering Soviet submarines and missile units as they ready their warheads; and inside the White House and the Kremlin as Kennedy and Khrushchev--rational, intelligent men separated by an ocean of ideological suspicion--agonize over the possibility of war. He shows how these two leaders recognized the terrifying realities of the nuclear age while Castro--never swayed by conventional political considerations--demonstrated the messianic ambition of a man selected by history for a unique mission.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Sources.
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| ISBN |
1400043581 |
|
9781400043583 |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 12129548 |
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NLGGC 311489036 |
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NZ1 12372400 |
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