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• catalog abstract ""The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in human history. Sheldon M. Stern, longtime historian at the John F. Kennedy Library, here presents a comprehensive narrative account of the secret ExComm meetings, making the inside story of the missile crisis completely understandable to general readers for the first time. The author's narrative version of these discussions is entirely new; it provides readers with a running commentary on the issues and options discussed and enables them, as never before, to follow specific themes and the role of individual participants. The narrative highlights key moments of stress, doubt, decision, and resolution - and even humor - and makes the meetings comprehensible both to readers who lived through the crisis and to those too young to remember the Cold War." "Stern argues that President Kennedy and his administration bore some of the responsibility for the crisis because of covert operations in Cuba, including efforts to kill Fidel Castro. Yet he demonstrates that JFK, though a seasoned Cold Warrior in public, was deeply suspicious of military solutions to political problems and appalled by the prospects of nuclear war. The President consistently steered policy makers away from an apocalyptic nuclear conflict, measuring each move and countermove with an eye toward averting what he called, with stark eloquence, "the final failure."" "Previously published transcripts of the secret ExComm meetings are often dense and impenetrable for everyone but the specialist. They also reflect the flaws in the tapes themselves, such as rambling, repetitive exchanges, overlapping conversations, and frustrating background noises. This narrative, on the contrary, concentrates on the essentials and eliminates these peripherals. As Robert Dallek notes in his Foreword, Stern's work "will become the starting point for all future work on President Kennedy's response to the Soviet challenge in Cuba.""--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12917905.
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 Decision making.".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in human history. Sheldon M. Stern, longtime historian at the John F. Kennedy Library, here presents a comprehensive narrative account of the secret ExComm meetings, making the inside story of the missile crisis completely understandable to general readers for the first time. The author's narrative version of these discussions is entirely new; it provides readers with a running commentary on the issues and options discussed and enables them, as never before, to follow specific themes and the role of individual participants. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-449) and index.".
• catalog description "Preface: The JFK Cuban Missile Crisis tapes -- Listening to the JFK Tapes -- Origins of the JFK Tapes -- Opening the JFK Tapes -- The Historical Value of the JFK Tapes -- Introduction: the Making of the Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Cold War: JFK's Crucible -- Nuclear Confrontation in Cuba -- The Kennedy Paradox -- Key Members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council -- The Secret Meetings of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council -- Epilogue: The November Post-Crisis -- Conclusion: Listening and Learning: Insights from the JFK ExComm Tapes.".
• catalog description "The narrative highlights key moments of stress, doubt, decision, and resolution - and even humor - and makes the meetings comprehensible both to readers who lived through the crisis and to those too young to remember the Cold War." "Stern argues that President Kennedy and his administration bore some of the responsibility for the crisis because of covert operations in Cuba, including efforts to kill Fidel Castro. Yet he demonstrates that JFK, though a seasoned Cold Warrior in public, was deeply suspicious of military solutions to political problems and appalled by the prospects of nuclear war. The President consistently steered policy makers away from an apocalyptic nuclear conflict, measuring each move and countermove with an eye toward averting what he called, with stark eloquence, "the final failure."" "Previously published transcripts of the secret ExComm meetings are often dense and impenetrable for everyone but the specialist. ".
• catalog description "They also reflect the flaws in the tapes themselves, such as rambling, repetitive exchanges, overlapping conversations, and frustrating background noises. This narrative, on the contrary, concentrates on the essentials and eliminates these peripherals. As Robert Dallek notes in his Foreword, Stern's work "will become the starting point for all future work on President Kennedy's response to the Soviet challenge in Cuba.""--Jacket.".
• catalog extent "xxx, 459 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Averting 'the final failure'.".
• catalog identifier "0804748462 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Averting 'the final failure'.".
• catalog isPartOf "Stanford nuclear age series".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Averting 'the final failure'.".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 Decision making.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "973.922 21".
• catalog subject "Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.".
• catalog subject "E841 .S757 2003".
• catalog subject "Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.".
• catalog subject "National Security Council (U.S.) History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "National security United States Decision making.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface: The JFK Cuban Missile Crisis tapes -- Listening to the JFK Tapes -- Origins of the JFK Tapes -- Opening the JFK Tapes -- The Historical Value of the JFK Tapes -- Introduction: the Making of the Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Cold War: JFK's Crucible -- Nuclear Confrontation in Cuba -- The Kennedy Paradox -- Key Members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council -- The Secret Meetings of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council -- Epilogue: The November Post-Crisis -- Conclusion: Listening and Learning: Insights from the JFK ExComm Tapes.".
• catalog title "Averting 'the final failure' : John F. Kennedy and the secret Cuban Missile Crisis meetings / Sheldon M. Stern.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".