Nuclear folly : a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis /

Nuclear folly : a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis /

" A harrowing account of the Cuban missile crisis and how the US and USSR came to the brink of nuclear apocalypse. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuc...

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Main Author: Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Ã2021
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cold War.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
International relations > History > 20th century.
Nuclear crisis control > History > 20th century.
Cuba > Foreign relations > 1959-1990.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1953-1975.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963.
Informational works.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • I : Nemises. Apprentice
  • Master of the game
  • II : Red gamble. Triumph of communism
  • Rocket man
  • Going nuclear
  • Operation Anadyr
  • High seas
  • III : Agony of decision. Prisoner of Berlin
  • Tip-off
  • Honeymoon
  • "Wipe them out"
  • Quarantine
  • IV : Moment of truth. Moscow night
  • Blinking in the dark
  • Wooden knife
  • The Americans are coming!
  • V : Black Saturday. Turkish quagmire
  • Losing control
  • "Target destroyed!"
  • Secret rendezvous
  • Bermuda Triangle
  • VI : Rising from the dead. Sunday scare
  • Winners and losers
  • Indignation
  • VII : Settlement. Mission impossible
  • Back at the barricade
  • Thanksgiving
  • Epilogue

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