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• catalog abstract "The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was a volcanic event in American foreign relations and arguably the most perilous moment in world history. For thirteen days, as the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of nuclear war, a young and charismatic American president faced off with an aggressive Soviet premier over the secret installation of Soviet missiles on the island of Cuba, just ninety miles from the Florida coast and under the Communist government of the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. For many years historians of the crisis have concentrated on the events of those thirteen days in October. Mark White's new study adds an equally intense scrutiny of the causes and consequences of the affair. Missiles in Cuba is based on a wide range of up-to-date scholarship plus Mr. White's own findings in National Security Archive materials, Kennedy Library tapes of ExComm meetings during the crisis, and correspondence involving Soviet officials in Washington and Havana - all newly released. This more rounded picture gives us a much clearer understanding of the policy strategies pursued by the United States and the Soviet Union (and, to a lesser extent, Cuba) that brought on the crisis. Mr. White's almost hour-by-hour account of the confrontation itself also destroys some venerable myths, such as the unique initiatives attributed to Robert Kennedy. And the author's assessment of the consequences of the crisis points to salutary effects on Soviet-American relations and on U.S. nuclear defense strategy, but questionable influences on Soviet defense spending and on Washington's perception of its talents for "crisis management"--Which were later to be tested in Vietnam.".
• catalog contributor b10790050.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description "Background to crisis: Policy toward Cuba in the pre-Kennedy years. JFK's political background and foreign policy views. 1960 presidential campaign and its aftermath. Bay of Pigs. Military contingency plans. Operation Mongoose. CIA attempts to assassinate Castro. JFK's use of diplomatic and economic pressure against Cuba. American military maneuvers in the Caribbean -- The Soviets Act: Operation Anadyr: Why Khrushchev placed nuclear weapons in Cuba. Castro's motives for accepting the missiles. The start of Operation Anadyr. -- An autumn of discontent: Soviet outlook and strategy in the fall of 1962. Cuban hints that missiles were being sent. Republican attacks on Kennedy. Congressional and media pressure. Role played by U.S. intelligence. JFK's public stance on Cuba. Jupiter missiles in Turkey. Acceleration of Mongoose and military planning.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-163) and index.".
• catalog description "The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was a volcanic event in American foreign relations and arguably the most perilous moment in world history. For thirteen days, as the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of nuclear war, a young and charismatic American president faced off with an aggressive Soviet premier over the secret installation of Soviet missiles on the island of Cuba, just ninety miles from the Florida coast and under the Communist government of the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. For many years historians of the crisis have concentrated on the events of those thirteen days in October. Mark White's new study adds an equally intense scrutiny of the causes and consequences of the affair. Missiles in Cuba is based on a wide range of up-to-date scholarship plus Mr. White's own findings in National Security Archive materials, Kennedy Library tapes of ExComm meetings during the crisis, and correspondence involving Soviet officials in Washington and Havana - all newly released. This more rounded picture gives us a much clearer understanding of the policy strategies pursued by the United States and the Soviet Union (and, to a lesser extent, Cuba) that brought on the crisis. Mr. White's almost hour-by-hour account of the confrontation itself also destroys some venerable myths, such as the unique initiatives attributed to Robert Kennedy. And the author's assessment of the consequences of the crisis points to salutary effects on Soviet-American relations and on U.S. nuclear defense strategy, but questionable influences on Soviet defense spending and on Washington's perception of its talents for "crisis management"--Which were later to be tested in Vietnam.".
• catalog description "Week one: how to respond: Day-by-day in the crisis, from the day JFK was informed that nuclear weapons were in Cuba until the day he announced his intention to blockade the island -- Week two: how to defuse: Day-by-day, examining the road to a settlement -- Aftermath and conclusion: Problems in implementing the settlement. Long-term impact of the missile crisis. Conclusions.".
• catalog extent "x, 170 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Missiles in Cuba.".
• catalog identifier "1566631556 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "1566631564 (paper : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Missiles in Cuba.".
• catalog isPartOf "The American ways series".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Chicago : Ivan R. Dee,".
• catalog relation "Missiles in Cuba.".
• catalog subject "973.922 21".
• catalog subject "Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.".
• catalog subject "E841 .W49 1997".
• catalog tableOfContents "Background to crisis: Policy toward Cuba in the pre-Kennedy years. JFK's political background and foreign policy views. 1960 presidential campaign and its aftermath. Bay of Pigs. Military contingency plans. Operation Mongoose. CIA attempts to assassinate Castro. JFK's use of diplomatic and economic pressure against Cuba. American military maneuvers in the Caribbean -- The Soviets Act: Operation Anadyr: Why Khrushchev placed nuclear weapons in Cuba. Castro's motives for accepting the missiles. The start of Operation Anadyr. -- An autumn of discontent: Soviet outlook and strategy in the fall of 1962. Cuban hints that missiles were being sent. Republican attacks on Kennedy. Congressional and media pressure. Role played by U.S. intelligence. JFK's public stance on Cuba. Jupiter missiles in Turkey. Acceleration of Mongoose and military planning.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Week one: how to respond: Day-by-day in the crisis, from the day JFK was informed that nuclear weapons were in Cuba until the day he announced his intention to blockade the island -- Week two: how to defuse: Day-by-day, examining the road to a settlement -- Aftermath and conclusion: Problems in implementing the settlement. Long-term impact of the missile crisis. Conclusions.".
• catalog title "Missiles in Cuba : Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro, and the 1962 crisis / Mark J. White.".
• catalog type "text".