In a tv address on october 22, 1962, president john kennedy 191763. Two newsworthy 1987 conferences on the cuban missile crisis are the focus of blight and welchs extraordinary piece of scholarship. The cuban missile crisis of october 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the united states and the soviet union during the cold war and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. A memoir of the cuban missile crisis paperback november 17, 1999 by robert f. Fortunatly, kennedy and khrouchtchev kept cool heads and did not listen to war hawks on both sides.
For the student of crisis management, for which the cuban missile crisis is held to be a model example, this book is a goldmine of useful detail and context. Inside the kennedy white house during his short presidency, john kennedy surrounded himself with some of the countrys sharpest minds and most credentialed individuals, yet was exasperated much of the time by the inadequacy of the advice they provided him. Kennedys account of the cuban missile crisis of 1962. Aerial reconnaissance during the cuban missile crisis by capt.
Click the title for location and availability information. We benefited from this book because it confirms information about the cuban missile crisis that we found in other website sources and books. What are some of the best nonfiction books on the cuban. The ebook format makes a great reference work and educational tool. Fifty years ago the united states and the soviet union stood closer to armageddon than at any other moment in history.
Carter s memorandum is also reproduced in cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962, pp. Kennedy said to john kenneth galbraith just after the cuban missile crisis. Hurricane daisy delayed the continuing surveillance, however when they could resume flying on october 14th, the crystalclear photos indicated that launch sites were being prepared for both mobile mediumsized missiles, and more extensive sites for the largersized ballistic missiles. Lets begin with rfk, who has been lionized as a clever statesmen, partly due to his own posthumous 1969 book on the crisis. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. New books on the cuban missile crisis the fourteenth day. Late the night before, the cia had produced detailed photo intelligence identifying soviet nuclear missile installations under construction on the island of cuba, some ninety miles off. Kennedy presidential library and museum the cuban missile crisis, october 1962. Posts about cuban missile crisis written by thomaspeebles. Any new entry in the crowded field of books on the 1962 cuban missile crisis must pass an immediate test. This book tells the story of the cuban missile crisis in 1962, the struggle that president kennedy and his advisers including the author, who was head of intelligence at the state department went through to try to understand why the soviet union had put nuclear missiles in cuba, the alternative policies they debated to deal with the presence of the missiles, the aftermath of the.
Cuban missile crisis, 1962 sources cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 declassified version, 1992, by united states central intelligence agency, ed. A memoir of the cuban missile crisis kennedy, robert f. Inside the secret missile crisis stanford university, 2005. Cuban missile crisis castros statement on soviet missiles in cuba. Here you can also read castro secret speech to cubas communist party leadership in 1968. Read this american history case study and over 89,000 other research documents. Buy the cuban missile crisis and the threat of nuclear war. As we come up towards the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis in october 2012, there are new books coming out. The united states finally decided to first blockade rather than immediately attack cuba to prevent the soviet union from finishing installation of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. New book looks at the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is. The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. I did not know all the facts we have learned only recently how close we were to war but i knew enough to make me tremble.
Belfer centers top 10 books on the cuban missile crisis belfer centers catalog of reading on nuclear danger today john f. Professionally converted for accurate flowingtext ebook format reproduction, this report provides comparative perspectives of the cuban missile crisis of october 1962. Cuban missile crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the united states and the soviet union. If you want a more tacticallevel perspective on the cuban missile crisis, check out blue moon over cuba. For thirteen days, the united states held its breath, fearing the ultimate destruction of the nation by nuclear weapons. Books about the cuban missile crisis cuban history. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. Examines one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in world history.
Resolution of the cuban missile crisis posted on 10282008 by rhapsodyinbooks october 28, 1962 marks the 46th anniversary since soviet premier krushchev agreed to dismantle his countrys missiles in cuba in exchange for a noinvasion agreement and a secret removal of the jupiter and thor missiles in turkey. The cuban missile crisis edinburgh university press. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis. The cuban missile crisis, october 1962 office of the. Lessons from history 1st edition by len scott isbn. Our ebooks put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket. Secretary of state dean rusk, during the cuban missile crisis, 1962 9 let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. The missiles of october and days were only half the story. The objectivity of sergo mikoyan is highly questionable, for the obvious reason that he is writing about his own father and is hardly going to present his father in an unfavorable light. Kennedy called together a group of his closest advisers at the white house. Using government memoranda, personal letters, and newspaper articles the cuban missile crisis, details the actual events of the political history, while explaining widespread public response. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis online. The cuban missile crisis revisited and reinterpreted 3 the core mythology enveloping and distorting our understanding of the missile crisis has been that produced by the selfserving assertions of robert kennedys thirteen days, created at a time when the new york senator was gearing up to run for the presidency and was thus keen to do all he could to develop a.
Step by step, robert kennedy gets us through those perilous days when a misunderstanding, a misstep could certainly have cause the end of mankind. The cuban missile crisis origins, course and aftermath. October 16, and kennedy immediately called for a meeting of his principal advisers at 11. If the cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous passage of the cold war, the most dangerous moment of the cuban missile crisis was the evening of saturday, 27 october 1962, when the resolution of the crisiswar or peace appeared to hang in the balance.
Most books on the cuban missile crisis tell the story through the perspective of memoirs of those who advised president kennedy, as he struggled to avoid world war iii. The book was released in 1969, a year after his assassination. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. Kennedy and nikita khrushchev were determined to avoid nuclear war, but events could easily have spiralled out of control with cataclysmic results. Thirteen days is a look from within about the cuban missile crisis. A concise history, second edition, don munton and david a. Cuban missile crisis a selection of booksebooks available in trible library. The executive committee of the national security council excomm, meeting in the white house cabinet room, sorted through intelligence and advised the president during the cuban missile crisis. While the us air force has not come out and verified the claims, bordnes account is that, in the early morning hours of october 28, 1962, his unit of 32 mace b cruise.
Kennedy library, sta26162 the cuban missile war was the most devastating war in world history. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. Castro, the missile crisis, and the soviet collapse pantheon books. Cover of the book the fourteenth day jfk and the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis. In his hourbyhour chronicle of those nearfatal days, dobbs reveals some startling new incidents that show how close we came to armageddon.
An article in the bulletin of the atomic scientists paints a picture of john bordne, an air force airman who was stationed at one of four secret us missile sites in japan during the height of the cuban missile crisis. The standard history of the cuban missile crisis, based on selective memoires by u. One minute to midnight by michael dobbs tells the story of the cuban missile crisis of 1962. The nuclear race had come to a breaking point during an incident in cuba, called the 2. In six concise chapters, alice george introduces the history of cold war america and contextualizes its political, social, and cultural legacy. Harvard kennedy schools belfer center has created this site as a resource for the cuban missile crisis. Based on secret transcripts of toplevel diplomacy undertaken by the numbertwo soviet leader, anastas mikoyan, to settle the cuban missile crisis in 1962, this book rewrites conventional history. In response to the bay of pigs invasion and other american actions against cuba as well as to president kennedys buildup in italy and turkey of u. His subsequent books teem with remarkable revelations.
Designed to help policymakers, students, and interested citizens draw lessons from these critical events half a century ago, this site not only provides background on the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster in october 1962 but also offers tools to understand. A wellresearched account of cubas struggles with the superpowers after the missile crisis of 1962. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the cuban missile crisis into a brief narrative history. One minute to midnight kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the brink of nuclear war. Foreign relations of the united states, 19611963, volume. The most terrifying moment in my life was october 1962, during the cuban missile crisis. At midday, and again in the early evening of october 16, 1962, john f. In 1962, the soviet union built missile bases in cuba 12. Reading lists cuban missile crisiscuban missile crisis. This study guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of thirteen days. The cuban missile crisis hardcover jonathan colman. This book explains the critical events, along with the experiences of those who execute presidential commands in times of national crisis.
Mcgeorge bundy had informed the president about the u2 photographs of the missile sites at 8. Soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile crisis. A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. Kennedy library from 19772000, was the first scholar to have at them. Kennedy was informed of a u2 spyplanes discovery of soviet nucleartipped missiles in cuba.
It is anastas mikoyans cuban missile crisis, and it is a translation of a book written by mikoyans son, sergo mikoyan. In october 1962, at the height of the cold war, the united states and the soviet union came to the brink of nuclear conflict ove the deployment of soviet missiles to cuba. The cuban missile crisis was a sixday clash in october 1962 between the united states and the soviet union over the presence of soviet nuclear missiles in cuba. The cuban missile crisis by divine, r a and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The purpose is to present briefly the alternative perceptions of the united states and the soviet union during the crisis.
The cuban missile crisis and the threat of nuclear war. The cuban missile crisis was a pivotal moment in the cold war. Discover librarianselected research resources on cuban missile crisis from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Michael dobbs has pored over previously untapped american, soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile crisis.
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