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| Named Person: | John F Kennedy; Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David G Coleman |
| ISBN: | 9780393084412 0393084418 |
| OCLC Number: | 783161064 |
| Description: | 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| 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 -- The missiles we've had on our minds -- A deal -- With one voice -- Missiles of November -- Removing the straitjacket -- A political firefight -- Shaping the future. |
| Responsibility: | David G. Coleman. |
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A fly-on-the-wall narrative of the Oval Office in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, using JFK's secret White House tapes.
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An engrossing and revealing account... Coleman has provided an excellent analysis of both short and long term results of the crisis.
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- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
- Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald), -- 1917-1963.
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- United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, -- 1894-1971.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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