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One hell of a gamble : Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964 / Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali

By: Fursenko, Aleksandr [author].

Contributor(s): Naftali, Timothy J [author].

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BookPublisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1998Edition: First Norton paperback edition.Description: xi, 420 pages : illustrations, map.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0393317900.Subject(s): Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 | United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba | Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States

Contents:

Part I : the embrace

"Where does Castro stand regarding Russia?"

Our man in Havana

La Coubre

"Cuba, si, Yankee no!"

Part II : the clash

Bay of pigs

The education of a president

Condor and mongoose

Trouble in the tropics

The nuclear decision

Anadyr

"Now we can swat your ass"

Ex Comm

Missile crisis

Climax of the Cold War

Mikoyan's mission

Part III : the aftermath

To the American University speech

Dallas and Moscow

Note(s):

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-408) and index.

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Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Greater Project 4 Branch Reference Section	Circulation	C 973.922092 F991o 1998 (Browse shelf)	Available		120309d

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