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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, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
- Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- The Silent Guns of Two Octobers uses new 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-472-12671-7
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