Hundreds of books have been written about the cuban missile crisis. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis online. Belfer centers top 10 books on the cuban missile crisis belfer centers catalog of reading on nuclear danger today john f. Oct 22, 2012 childhood memories of the cuban missile crisis its been 50 years since the cuban missile crisis had the u. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is wrong. The cuban missile crisis 20, paperback for sale online. Lang, offers a fresh exploration of the 1962 cuban missile crisis and plumbs its lessons on the continuing dangers of nuclear war. Philip brenner is a professor of international relations at american university, the author of several books and articles on u.
Focusing on the participants military activities, michael dobbs offers sobering new information about the 1962 cuban missile crisis. Oct 23, 2017 at the time of the cuban missile crisis in october 1962, the united states had decisive nuclear superiority over the soviet union. Lets begin with rfk, who has been lionized as a clever statesmen, partly due to his own posthumous 1969 book on the crisis. If you want a more tacticallevel perspective on the cuban missile crisis, check out blue moon over cuba. New views of the cuban missile crisis chaos may have been closer than we think. How close we really came to nuclear war cold war, october crisis, nuclear. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. We always have to keep in mind that a documentary, after all, can tell lies and it can tell lies because it lays claim to a form of veracity which fiction doesnt. All those who vote and all those who seek office ought to read this slender, beautifully written book. Kennedy took a calculated risk and succeeded in negotiating the removal of those. The cuban missile crisis 20, paperback for sale online ebay. Childhood memories of the cuban missile crisis its been 50 years since the cuban missile crisis had the u.
Garthoff, a participant in the cuban missile crisis deliberations of the u. The cuban missile crisis, declassified nuclear warfare. The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of john f. Cuban missile crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the united states and the soviet union. He is the coauthor of a new book with robert mcnamara who spoke here last week, wilsons ghost. Michael dobbs has pored over previously untapped american, soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile crisis. Kennedy took a calculated risk and succeeded in negotiating the removal of those weapons after weeks of teetering on the brink of war. Reducing the risk of conflict, killing, and catastrophe in the 21 st century, and of another new book with philip. Discover librarianselected research resources on cuban missile crisis from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Explaining the cuban missile crisis 1971, in which he developed two new theoretical paradigms an organizational process model and a bureaucratic politics model to compete with the thenprevalent approach of understanding foreign policy decisionmaking. An insiders look at the cuban missile crisis from the point of view of. Access the kennedy library digital archives, which includes 300,000 scanned documents, films, and audio clips with materials such as early drafts of the john f. Thirtysix years after the cuban missile crisis, these declassified documents stand as testament to just how dangerously close the world came to nuclear destruction in 1962, and challenge the official history of the event as a model of crisis management. Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the cold war that brought the united states and the soviet union to the brink of a shooting war in october 1962 over the presence of soviet nucleararmed missiles in cuba.
Books, defectors, and song the cuban missile crisis, as seen from moscow the soviet union, in churchills famous words, was a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Cuban missile crisis legal definition of cuban missile crisis. Dec 26, 2015 if you want a more tacticallevel perspective on the cuban missile crisis, check out blue moon over cuba. Cuban relations and the cuban missile crisis, and a member of the advisory board of the national security archive. Reading the lessons correctly richard ned lebow the lessons of the cuban missile crisis occupy a central place both in united states foreign policy and in international relations theory. Americans and soviets reexamine the cuban missile crisis new york. The 1962 cuban missile crisis was a dangerous moment in the cold war between the united states and the soviet union. New book lays out for the first time the full story of cubas cuban. Kennedy and americas most dangerous cold war spy mission. Kennedy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Professor james blight is a professor of international relations at brown university and an expert of the cuban missile crisis. The new book is titled the cuban missile crisis in american memory. As we come up towards the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis, there are several new books coming out commemorating the crisis, adding new information and interpretation, and taking fresh looks at what history remembers as the most dangerous crisis of the nuclear age.
The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. Jfk and the untold story of the cuban missile crisis youtube. The moscow conference on the cuban missile crisis new york. Reading lists cuban missile crisiscuban missile crisis. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis.
Sovietamerican relations in the atomic age by george f. Explaining the cuban missile crisis, epub 2nd edition pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. Facing down the buildup of soviet missiles in cuba in 1962, president john f. The very definition of the missile crisis has changed. Jfk and the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis norton, 2012. Explaining the cuban missile crisis 1971, in which he developed two new theoretical paradigms. A few days after the cuban missile crisis was resolved, the new york times ran this extensive piece that chronicled the events of the days up to and during the crisis. The huge strategic advantage also included the sophisticated polaris submarines with a devastating nuclear punch cuban missile crisis. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is. At the time of the cuban missile crisis in october 1962, the united states had decisive nuclear superiority over the soviet union. Stern, worked as a historian at the kennedy library in boston from 1977 to. 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 crisis, and. In response to the bay of pigs invasion and other american actions against cuba as well as to president kennedy s buildup in italy and turkey of u.
Aerial reconnaissance during the cuban missile crisis by capt. Allison is best known as a political scientist for his book essence of decision. Mar 11, 2017 drawing on revealing new research, this richly informative volume is the definitive concise introduction to the crisis that took the world to the brink of nuclear war. The result was a new body of information that provides a much fuller picture of events and fundamentally alters how the scope and meaning of the missile crisis has been and will be considered. Recently declassified documents help recreate the cuban missile crisis on.
Jun 21, 2008 any new entry in the crowded field of books on the 1962 cuban missile crisis must pass an immediate test. Presidential decisionmaking and its effect on military employment during the kennedy administration fidel castro, domino theory, covert operations, khrushchev. Even now, fresh history continues to blow holes in what we thought we knew. Mar 01, 2017 we always have to keep in mind that a documentary, after all, can tell lies and it can tell lies because it lays claim to a form of veracity which fiction doesnt. The secret history of the cuban missile crisis fursenko, aleksandr, naftali, timothy on.
If youre looking for a free download links of essence of decision. Any new entry in the crowded field of books on the 1962 cuban missile crisis must pass an immediate test. Kennedy inaugural address, fidel castro, bay of pigs, missiles, russia, sviet union, john f. Kennedy presidential library and museum the cuban missile crisis, october 1962. The article about paratroopers, their preparation and the. Russia eyes bomber bases in latin america it could be bluffing or it might be payback russia says its ready to fly bombers to venezuela and cuba. Carlsbad novelist mccarthy uses cuban missile crisis as. What are some of the best nonfiction books on the cuban. This country had more than 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles icbms compared to 78 icbms in the soviet arsenal. An insiders look at the cuban missile crisis from the point of view of robert f. The most dramatic moments of that crisisthe famed thirteen dayslasted from october 16, 1962, when president kennedy first learned that the soviet union was constructing missile launch sites in cuba, to october 28, when soviet premier nikita khrushchev.
Drawing on revealing new research, this richly informative volume is the definitive concise introduction to the crisis that took the world to the brink of nuclear war. Paratrooper exercise is all about the preparation and the jump, march 17 news story. Is it just another recapitulation, or does it increase our net understanding of this. Books, defectors, and song the cuban missile crisis, as. And even more so, all those who did not suffer through those thirteen days will be glad to understand that intelligent and wise leaders can avoid nuclear holocaust. Susan carol mccarthy joanne martinez carlsbad writer susan carol mccarthy was 11 years old and living in florida in 1962 when the cuban missile crisis happened. Inside the secret cuban missile crisis stanford nuclear age series by sheldon m. Project muse ireland, the cuban missile crisis, and civil. 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. The huge strategic advantage also included the sophisticated polaris submarines with a devastating nuclear punch cuban missile.
In his hourbyhour chronicle of those nearfatal days, dobbs reveals some startling new incidents that show how close we came to armageddon. Kennedy said to john kenneth galbraith just after the cuban missile crisis. New books on the cuban missile crisis the fourteenth day. Kennedy library and museum cuban missile crisis page. The cuban missile crisis was the signature moment of john f. Anyone who lived through the cuban missile crisis will benefit. Here are the books that were most helpful to me in writing my narrative history of the days that brought the world to the the brink of nuclear war. Project muse ireland, the cuban missile crisis, and. As we come up towards the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis in october 2012, there are new books coming out. The cuban missile crisis by history, documentary and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
1569 300 1102 1574 1427 328 1488 361 173 339 910 1602 710 1293 719 24 1370 659 806 764 1443 1263 1090 843 388 153 505 1051 409