'One hell of a gamble' : Khruschev, Castro, Kennedy, and the Cuban missile crisis 1958-1964
Fursenko, Aleksandr1997
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Based on research into American documents & exclusive access to secret Soviet archives, this book offers a unique examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis & a glimpse of the plans, mistakes, & fears of the leaders who brought the world close to nuclear war.
Main title:
'One hell of a gamble' : Khruschev, Castro, Kennedy, and the Cuban missile crisis 1958-1964 / Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali.
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 1997.
Collation:
xi, 420p., [16]p. of plates : ill., facsim., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: W. W. Norton & Company.Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-408) and index.
ISBN:
9780719555183 (hbk)
Dewey class:
973.922327.7307291972.91064
Language:
English
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BRN:
1304599
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