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The silent guns of two Octobers : Kennedy and Khrushchev play the double game / Theodore Voorhees Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voorhees, Theodore, Jr., 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
- Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
- Cold War--Diplomatic history.
- Cold War.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich.
- Diplomatic history.
- United States--Relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- Relations.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Relations--United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 372 pages)
- Edition:
- Second Edition.
- New and updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Silent Guns of Two Octobers uses new as well as previously under-appreciated documentary evidence to link the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Checkpoint Charlie tank standoff to achieve the impossible-craft a new, thoughtful, original analysis of a political showdown everyone thought they knew everything about. Ultimately the book concludes that much of the Cold War rhetoric the leaders employed was mere posturing; in reality neither had any intention of starting a nuclear war. Theodore Voorhees reexamines Khrushchev's and Kennedy's leadership, decision, and rhetoric in light of the new documentary evidence available. Voorhees examines the impact of John F. Kennedy's domestic political concerns about his upcoming first midterm elections on his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis through his use of back-channel dealings with Khrushchev during the lead-up to the crisis and in the closing days when the two leaders managed to reach a settlement.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Kennedy Holds All the Cards p. 19
- Chapter 2 Cat-and-Mouse Games at the Berlin Wall p. 32
- Chapter 3 Superpower Smackdown: Khrushchev's Boasting versus the Kennedy Brothers' First-Strike Innuendo and Caribbean War Games p. 51
- Chapter 4 Both Sides Can Play Defense p. 67
- Chapter 5 A Devil's Bargain and a President's Word p. 84
- Chapter 6 Keeping the Lid On p. 124
- Chapter 7 Painted into a Corner p. 139
- Chapter 8 Composing Flat Lies p. 163
- Chapter 9 Pawn Trading p. 185
- Chapter 10 Who Plays the Berlin Card? p. 212
- Chapter 11 Spiking the Guns p. 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-365) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472129607
- 0472129600
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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