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Cuban Missile Crisis : A Concise History by David A. Welch and Don Munton (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199795703
ISBN-139780199795703
eBay Product ID (ePID)102914690
Product Key Features
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCuban Missile Crisis : a Concise History
Publication Year2011
SubjectGeneral
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid A. Welch, Don Munton
Subject AreaHistory
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2010-053153
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal973.922
Table Of ContentAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsDramatis Personae (and Positions in October 1962)Introduction: The REAL Thirteen Days1. Background to the CrisisUS-Cuban Relations in Historical PerspectiveThe Bay of Pigs and Operation MongooseThe Soviet Decision to Deploy2. Deployment and DiscoveryDetails of the DeploymentThe Intelligence Game of Cat and MouseWarnings too LateOn the Eve of Crisis3. From Discovery to BlockadeThe Storm Before the CalmNarrowing the OptionsDecision: The Calm Before the Storm4. The Perfect StormThe SpeechCarrots and SticksKhrushchev and Kennedy WaverThe Crisis Heats UpThe Dobrynin MeetingClimax and Resolution5. AftermathRemoving the Missiles from CubThe Cuban Bomber CrisisThe Domestic and International Public ReactionSteps Toward Detente: The Hot Line and Test BanConclusion: The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years LaterBibliographic EssayEarly Treatments of the CrisisThe Second Wave: "Critical Oral History"Recent AccountsBackground and HistoryAftermath and LessonsDocument Collections and WebsitesFilmIndex
SynopsisIn The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History , Second Edition, Don Munton and David A. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the Cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. Stressing the importance of context in relation to the genesis, conduct, and resolution of the crisis, Munton and Welch examine events from the U.S., Soviet, and Cuban angles, revealing the vital role that differences in national perspectives played at every stage. While the book provides a concise, up-to-date look at this pivotal event, it also notes gaps and mysteries in the historical record and highlights important persistent interpretive disputes. The authors provide a detailed guide to relevant literature and film for those who wish to explore further. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crisis, this revised and updated edition of The Cuban Missile Crisis is ideal for undergraduate courses on the 1960s, U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, twentieth-century world history, and comparative foreign policy., In The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History, Second Edition, Don Munton and David A. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the Cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. Stressing the importance of context in relation to the genesis, conduct, and resolution of the crisis, Munton and Welch examine events from the U.S., Soviet, and Cuban angles, revealing the vital role that differences in national perspectives played at every stage. While the book provides a concise, up-to-date look at this pivotal event, it also notes gaps and mysteries in the historical record and highlights important persistent interpretive disputes. The authors provide a detailed guide to relevant literature and film for those who wish to explore further. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crisis, this revised and updated edition of The Cuban Missile Crisis is ideal for undergraduate courses on the 1960s, U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, twentieth-century world history, and comparative foreign policy.New to this Edition * Thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest scholarship* Expanded coverage of the Cuban dimension of the crisis* New Conclusion offers perspective on the significance of the crisis on its 50th anniversary, In The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History, Second Edition, Don Munton and David A. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the Cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. Stressing the importance of context in relation to the genesis, conduct, and resolution of the crisis, Munton and Welch examine events from the U.S., Soviet, and Cuban angles, revealing the vital role that differences in national perspectives played at every stage. While the book provides a concise, up-to-date look at this pivotal event, it also notes gaps and mysteries in the historical record and highlights important persistent interpretive disputes. The authors provide a detailed guide to relevant literature and film for those who wish to explore further. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crisis, this revised and updated edition of The Cuban Missile Crisis is ideal for undergraduate courses on the 1960s, U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, twentieth-century world history, and comparative foreign policy.
LC Classification NumberE841.M796 2011
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