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The Armageddon Letters

Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro in the Cuban Missile Crisis

von: James G. Blight, janet M. Lang
CHF 34.00
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	16.09.2012
ISBN/EAN:	9781442216815
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	320

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Titelbeschreibung

In October, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis brought human civilization to the brink of destruction. On the 50th anniversary of the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear era, two of the leading experts on the crisis recreate the drama of those tumultuous days as experienced by the leaders of the three countries directly involved: U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and Cuban President Fidel Castro. Organized around the letters exchanged among the leaders as the crisis developed and augmented with many personal details of the circumstances under which they were written, considered, and received, Blight and Lang poignantly document the rapidly shifting physical and psychological realities faced in Washington, Moscow, and Havana. The result is a revolving stage that allows the reader to experience the Cuban missile crisis as never before—through the eyes of each leader as they move through the crisis. The Armageddon Letters: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro in the Cuban Missile Crisis transports the reader back to October 1962, telling a story as gripping as any fictional apocalyptic novel.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

On the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Armageddon Letters: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro in the Cuban Missile Crisis recreates the drama of those tumultuous days as experienced by the leaders of the three countries directly involved. They poignantly document the rapidly shifting physical and psychological realities each leader faced, allowing the reader to experience the crisis as never before.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication Epigraph Foreword by Peter Almond Introduction. Armageddon in Retrospect: “Carrying the Fire” of the Cuban Missile Crisis Into the 21st Century Cast of Characters. Three Leaders/Three Crises Prelude. Sleepwalk: April 1961-October 1962 Act I. Collision: October 22, 23 1962 Act II. Spiral: October 23-28 1962 Act III. Escape: October 27-31 1962 Act IV. Squeeze: October 30 1962-November 20 1962 Postscript. Hope: December 10 1962-October 15 2010 Appendix A. The Armageddon Time Machine/Text: Acquiring the Letters Appendix B. The Armageddon Time Machine/Context: Bringing the Letters Back to Life Credits Endnotes Acknowledgements The Authors Index

Autorenportrait

James G. Blight is the Center for International Governance Innovation Chair in Foreign Policy Development at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. janet M. Lang is research professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.