The fourteenth day : JFK and the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis / David G. Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, David G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

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

Kennedy, John F.

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Influence.

United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.

United States.

Politics and government.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich.

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

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

14th day

JFK and the aftermath of the Cuban Missile

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012]

Summary:

On October 28, 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. Conventional wisdom has marked that day as the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a seminal moment in American history. As President Kennedy's secretly recorded White House tapes now reveal, the reality was not so simple. Nuclear missiles were still in Cuba, as were nuclear bombers, short-range missiles, and thousands of Soviet troops. From October 29, Kennedy had to walk a very fine line--push hard enough to get as much nuclear weaponry out of Cuba as possible, yet avoid forcing the volatile Khrushchev into a combative stance. On the domestic front, an election loomed and the press was bristling at White House "news management." Using new material from the tapes, historian David G. Coleman puts readers in the Oval Office during one of the most highly charged, and in the end most highly regarded, moments in American history.--From publisher description.

Contents:

The ultimate source of action

The fourteenth day

Eyes in the sky

The postmortem season

Mockingbird don't sing

The bomber problem

Standing in judgment

A tub of butter

The military problem

Missiles of November

A deal

With one voice

The missiles we've had on our minds

Removing the straitjacket

A political firefight

Shaping the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-248) and index.

ISBN:

9780393084412

0393084418

OCLC:

783161064