Averting 'the final failure' : John F. Kennedy and the secret Cuban Missile Crisis meetings / Sheldon M. Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Sheldon M.

Series:

Stanford nuclear age series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Security Council (U.S.).

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kennedy, John F.

National Security Council (U.S.)--History--20th century.

International relations.

Decision making.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963--Decision making.

United States.

National security--United States--Decision making.

National security.

Physical Description:

xxx, 459 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

The first and only comprehensive narrative account of the secret Cuban missile crisis ExComm meetings, by the first historian to hear the tapes of every secretly recorded discussion.

Contents:

Preface: The JFK Cuban Missile Crisis Tapes xiii

Listening to the JFK Tapes xvi

Origins of the JFK Tapes xxi

Opening the JFK Tapes xxiv

The Historical Value of the JFK Tapes xxvi

Introduction: the Making of the Cuban Missile Crisis 1

The Cold War: JFK's Crucible 1

Nuclear Confrontation in Cuba 9

The Kennedy Paradox 32

Key Members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council 41

The Secret Meetings of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council 57

Epilogue: The November Post-Crisis 403

Conclusion: Listening and Learning: Insights from the JFK ExComm Tapes 413

Appendix The Published Cuban Missile Crisis Transcripts Rounds One, Two and Beyond 427.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-449) and index.

ISBN:

0804748462

OCLC:

52086469