Robert Weisbrot

Maximum Danger

Kennedy, the Missiles, and the Crisis of American Confidence

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Produktbeschreibung

Robert Weisbrot for the first time considers the Cuban missile crisis in the full context of history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781566634779
• ISBN-10: 1566634776
• Artikelnr.: 21206448

Autorenporträt

By Robert Weisbrot

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Rethinking the Cuban Missile Crisis 3 Part 2 Cold War Alarms and the
1960 Campaign 12 Part 3 The New Frontier Under Siege 40 Part 4 "We Just Had
to Get Them Out of There": Why Missiles in Cuba Triggered a Crisis 76 Part
5 The Decision to Blockade 111 Part 6 Kennedy's Hidden Concession-to Public
Opinion 149 Part 7 Epilogue: the Missile Crisis in Historical Perspective
196 Part 8 Selected Chronology 215 Part 9 Notes 219 Part 10 Index 259