| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"A Stonesong Press book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-277) and index. |
| Contents |
Planning for the Worst. If D-Day Had Stood for Disaster - 1944. Operation Unthinkable and World War III - 1945. When Bomb Shelters Were In: The ABCs of Surviving an A-Bomb Attack - 1954, 1962. Pricing Quemoy and Matsu - 1958. Predelegating Nuclear Terror - 1959. Not an Extraterrestrial - 1962. Losing the Astronauts - 1969 -- Forks in the Road. A Road Not Taken to Harper's Ferry - 1859. Powell's Choice - 1869. The Ascension of "His Fraudulency": John Reid and the Victory of Rutherford B. Hayes - 1876. A Bombing Order Away from Doomsday: Cuba - 1962. A Federal-State Showdown in Mississippi - 1962. To Indict a President? - 1974 -- Fortuitous Occurrences. Manifest Destiny or Lucky Circumstance: Jefferson and Louisiana - 1802. The Five-Spot Would Have Looked Different: The Story of Lincoln's Beard - 1860. How a Cigar Wrapper Smoked the Confederates - 1862. Saved by a Speech - 1912. "Don't Forget to Be a Good Boy": A Tennessee Legislator Listens to His Mother and Saves the Vote for Women - 1920. Einstein's Modest Suggestion - 1939. Code Maker's Dream, Enemy's Nightmare - 1942. Informing on the Veep: The Kickback Revelations that Brought Down Agnew - 1973 -- Close Calls. General Washington Under Fire - 1783. The "Firebell in the Night" Nearly Rang Early: The Tallmadge Amendment and the Missouri Compromise - 1819. Declining an Invitation to Ford's Theatre - 1865. How a Taxicab Accident Nearly Changed World History - 1931. Others Didn't Make It - JFK Did - 1943. Wernher von Braun: The Soviet Union's Loss - 1945. A Heartbeat Away - 1955. If the Heat Shield Had Blown - 1962. What the Public Didn't Know About Three Mile Island - 1979 -- Twists of Irony. Revolt Not Revolution: Washington Denies Seeking Independence - 1774. James Whistler, Failed Soldier and Bureaucrat - 1855. More Than Mischief: The Cartoon That Did in Boss Tweed - 1875. But for Metal Mattress Coils - 1881. Letter from a Dayton Bicycle Shop - 1899. Richard Nixon, FBI Agent - 1937. The DAR Loses a Member - 1939. LBJ: Vietnam Dove - 1954. To Assure Nonviolence: King on Trial - 1968. Deporting John Lennon - 1972. If I Were in Your Shoes ... - 1987 -- Plans Thwarted. Dousing Confederate Fire: A Conspiracy Foiled - 1864. Jefferson Davis, Guerrilla Fighter - 1865. A Different Path to Reconciliation - 1865. Trashing Diplomacy: Japan Rebuffs a Peace Plan - 1941. Avoiding the Quagmire - 1963. Planning for Cuban Rapprochement - 1963. A Speech Undelivered - 1963. Trying to Take Down the Cuban Roadrunner - 1967 -- Opportunities Missed; Warnings Unheeded. A Young Illinois Congressman Challenges U.S. Imperialism - 1847. A Georgian Olive Branch Rejected - 1863. "Ma Bell" Beats "Ma Gray" by a Nose - 1876. No Hurricane Can Make a Left Turn: How a Killer Storm Defied the Rules and Destroyed a City - 1900. Ice Warnings and the Unsinkable Titanic - 1912. Advertised in Advance: The Lusitania Disaster - 1915. Eleven Months' Warning - 1941. Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, and Ho Chi Minh - 1945. A Ripsnorting Change to "Give 'Em Hell" Missed - 1950. Left at the Space Race Starting Gate - 1957. Genocide Alert Ignored - 1994. For Lack of a Ferret: Aldrich Ames and the CIA Fiasco - 1985-94 -- Vagaries of War. British Frustration and the Saratoga Debacle - 1777. Establishing a Second Europe: The American Revolution Truce Plan - 1781. SOS from the Alamo - 1836. Some Thought It Lunacy: Pickett's Charge Questioned - 1863. A Question of Guilt: Custer and His Orders - 1876. Japanese Americans: Evidence to the Contrary - 1941 -- Code-Breaking Consequences. A Decoded Note and the End of Neutrality - 1917. Herbert Yardley's American Black Chamber and the Arms Conference - 1921. Breaking the Code and Winning Midway - 1942 -- Slippery Truth. Plots, Forgeries, and the Assassination of Jefferson Davis - 1864. Horror Concealed: Vignettes of an American Army Nurse - 1916. Harry Truman's Puzzling Diary Entry - 1945. Human Guinea Pig Research and the Tragic Death of Dr. Frank Olson - 1963 -- Urban Legends. Milking Chicago's Urban Cow Legend: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow or a Terrorist? - 1871. Giving the Country a Bath - 1917. The Advent of the Bambino's Curse - 1920 -- Lousy Predictions. What About Radial Tires? - 1909. Who Is This Guy, Jules Verne? - 1920. Some Got It Right - 1948. A Laptop for a Large Lap - 1949. |
| Summary |
Collects speeches, memos, and other documents written for the possibility of failure in wars and foreign relations throughout American history, left unsaid and unpublished due to turn of events and sudden changes. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
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United States -- History -- Sources.
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Disasters -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
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Crises -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
0786866632 |
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9780786866632 |
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