One hell of a gamble : Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964 / Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali
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TextPublisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1998Edition: First Norton paperback editionDescription: xi, 420 pages : illustrations, mapContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0393317900
- 973.922092
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-408) and index.
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
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