TY - BOOK AU - Fursenko,Aleksandr AU - Naftali,Timothy J. TI - One hell of a gamble: : Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964 SN - 0393317900 U1 - 973.922092 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - W. W. Norton & Company KW - Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Cuba N1 - 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 ER -