The Cuban missile crisis : origins, course and aftermath / Jonathan Colman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colman, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The United States, the Cuban Revolution and the Cold War, 1959-61

2 The Decision to Base Nuclear Missiles in Cuba, Spring-Summer 1962

3 Discovering the Missile Bases, 14-22 October 1962

4 Confrontation, 22-25 October 1962

5 A World Crisis, 22-28 October 1962

6 Nadir and Resolution, 26-28 October 1962

7 Aftermath I, November-December 1962

8 Aftermath II, 1963-70

Conclusion

Appendix 1: List of Persons

Appendix 2: Chronology

Appendix 3: Biographies

Appendix 4: Documents

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2019).

ISBN:

9780748696314

0748696318

9780748696291

0748696296

OCLC:

964357603