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The Cuban Missile Crisis

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  • © 1996

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  1. Mark J. White

    1. University of St Andrews, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Approaching Camelot: John F. Kennedy and the Tools of a New Frontiersman

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 1-21

  3. Kennedy’s Cuban Policies: Misconceptions and Missed Opportunities

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 22-59

  4. Nikita Khrushchev and the Decision to Deploy

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 60-88

  5. The Fall Offensive of Senator Keating

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 89-114

  6. Belligerent Beginnings: JFK on the Opening Day

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 115-134

  7. The Battle for Blockade: Bobby Kennedy versus Dean Acheson

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 135-163

  8. Adlai Stevenson: Hamlet in New York

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 164-184

  9. Dénouement

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 185-231

  10. Conclusion

    • Mark J. White
    Pages 232-241

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 242-291
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Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen? How was it resolved? By focusing on the roles of a number of key individuals, such as JFK, Robert Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, and by using recently declassified materials, this book frames answers to these questions. In so doing, it presents a cluster of new findings and arguments, including a fresh interpretation of Khrushchev's motives for putting missiles in Cuba, new information on the mystery surrounding Senator Kenneth Keating's secret sources, and evidence indicating that JFK planned to carry out a military strike on Cuba at the start of the crisis.

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  • University of St Andrews, UK

    Mark J. White

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