One hell of a gamble : Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964
/ Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali
- First Norton paperback edition
- xi, 420 pages : illustrations, map
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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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
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