The Cuban Missile Crisis : a concise history / Don Munton, David A.Welch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munton, Don.

Contributor:

Welch, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

Physical Description:

xix, 123 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest scholarship

Expanded coverage of the Cuban dimension of the crisis

New Conclusion offers perspective on the significance of the crisis on its 50th anniversary Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction The Real Thirteen Days? 1

Chapter 1 Background to the Crisis 7

U.S.-Cuban Relations in Historical Perspective 10

The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose 17

The Soviet Decision to Deploy 21

chapter 2 Deployment and Discovery 33

Details of the Deployment 34

The Intelligence Game of Cat and Mouse 41

Warnings Too Late 43

On the Eve of Crisis 46

Chapter 3 From Discovery to Blockade 49

The Storm Before the Calm 51

Narrowing the Options 54

Decision 58

Chapter 4 The Perfect Storm 63

The Speech 64

Carrots and Sticks 68

Khrushchev and Kennedy Waver 73

The Crisis Heats Up 74

The Dobrynin Meeting 80

Climax and Resolution 81

Chapter 5 Aftermath 85

Removing the Missiles from Cuba 85

The Cuban Bomber Crisis 89

The Domestic and International Public Reaction 93

Steps Toward Détente: The Hot Line and Test Ban 94

Conclusion The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years Later 97

Bibliographic Essay 107

Early Treatments of the Crisis 107

The Second Wave: "Critical Oral History" 108

Recent Accounts 109

Backgroud and History 111

Aftermath and Lessons 112

Document Collections and Websites 113

Film 114.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199795703

0199795703

OCLC:

694238181