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The other missiles of October : Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Jupiters, 1957-1963 / Philip Nash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash, Philip.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jupiter missile--Government policy.
- Jupiter missile.
- United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.
- United States.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963.
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
- Jupiter missile--Government policy--United States.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Shedding important new light on the history of the Cold War, Philip Nash tells the story of what the United States gave up to help end the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Recently declassified documents reveal that President Kennedy agreed to Soviet demand to remove Jupiter missiles from Italy and Turkey, an arrangement concealed from both the American public and the rest of the NATO allies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807823392
- 0807846473
- OCLC:
- 35574650
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