The Fourteenth Day
JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Popular history marks October 28, 1962, as the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet as JFK's secretly recorded White House tapes reveal, the aftermath of the crisis was a political and diplomatic minefield. The president had to push hard to get Khrushchev to remove Soviet weaponry from Cuba without reigniting the volatile situation, while also tackling midterm elections and press controversy. With a new preface that highlights recently declassified information, historian David G. Coleman puts readers in the Oval Office during the turning point of Kennedy's presidency and the watershed of the Cold War.
Contents:
The ultimate source of action -- The fourteenth day -- Eyes in the sky -- The postmortem season -- Mockingbird don't sing -- The bomber problem -- Standing in judgment -- A tub of butter -- The military problem -- The missiles we've had on our minds -- A deal -- With one voice -- Missiles of November -- Removing the straitjacket -- A political firefight -- Shaping the future.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Influence.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Influence.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
ISBN:
9780393084412 (hbk.)
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HISTORY Modern Col | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-248) and index.