Americans and soviets reexamine the cuban missile crisis by james g. Kennedy presidential library and museum the cuban missile crisis, october 1962. New book reveals untold story of the cuban missile crisis 12. Great leadership in a time of crisis the new york times. Aerial reconnaissance during the cuban missile crisis by capt. Lang, offers a fresh exploration of the 1962 cuban missile crisis and plumbs its lessons on the continuing dangers of nuclear war. 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. But newly declassified documents show he later retreated from the pledge, fearing cuba could become an invulnerable base. A concise history, second edition, don munton and david a. The cuban missile crisis, declassified nuclear warfare. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Reading lists cuban missile crisiscuban missile crisis.
Despite the wealth of books and articles published on this subject, until only a few years ago the historiography of the crisis was built around the memoirs of former kennedy administration officials, in particular robert kennedys thirteen days. To defuse the cuban missile crisis, president john f. New york times bestselling author jeff shaara brings alive the heartstopping days and nights of the cuban missile crisis, in a novel featuring his trademark you are there immediacy. The cuban missile crisis is the defining moment of john kennedys presidency. Explaining the cuban missile crisis is an analysis by political scientist graham t. Focusing on the participants military activities, michael dobbs offers sobering new information about the 1962 cuban missile crisis. Kennedy and the secret cuban missile crisis meetings 2003, the week the world stood still. Cuban missile crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the united states and the soviet union. The navys role in the cuban missile crisis was a substantial one. Soviet understandings that resolved the 1962 crisis were never made permanent. Yet another book has been published on the cuba missile crisis, this one with significant u2 content.
In his hourbyhour chronicle of those nearfatal days, dobbs reveals some startling new incidents that show how close we came to armageddon. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. In a new foreword, the distinguished historian and kennedy adviser arthur schlesinger, jr. The united states and the cuban missile crisis philip nash, the other missiles of october. 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. New details on cuban missile crisis by ap st louis post.
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. Sovietamerican relations in the atomic age by george f. Books, defectors, and song the cuban missile crisis, as. New scholarship on the cuban missile crisis diplomatic. Sep 14, 2012 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 essential reference guide captures the historical context, the minutebyminute drama, and the profound repercussions of the missiles of october confrontation that brought the very real threat of nuclear attack to the united states doorstep. Stressing the importance of context in relation to. The cuban missile crisis is the closest the united states came to nuclear war during the cold war era.
This was a time when the whole world waited in unabated breath for two weeks as the potential end to humanity stared it in the eyes. This book provides a lucid and uptodate introduction to the crisis, including. This atrocity enraged castro and presumably drew reactions of dismay in the kremlin. Apr 05, 2020 less than two weeks after the missile crisis had supposedly ended, on 8 november 1962 an exile team dispatched from america blew up a cuban industrial facility, killing large numbers of workers. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the crisis, it takes full advantage of recently opened soviet archives as well as. Norton with a foreword by schlesinger and an afterword by richard e. Jun 16, 2012 fifty years ago, the cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster. Welch and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Written like a thriller, one minute to midnight is an exhaustively researched account of what arthur schlesinger, jr. The cuban missile crisis edinburgh university press.
The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of john f. John kennedy and the cuban missile crisis an overview 50 timeline 54 notes on sources 56 glossary 60 find. Kennedy school of government, and in doing so revolutionized the field of international relations. Kennedy took a calculated risk and succeeded in negotiating the removal of those weapons after weeks of teetering on the brink of war. New book reveals untold story of the cuban missile crisis. Allison used the crisis as a case study for future studies into governmental decisionmaking. What are some of the best nonfiction books on the cuban. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is wrong.
If you want a more tacticallevel perspective on the cuban missile crisis, check out blue moon over cuba. Michael dobbs has pored over previously untapped american, soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile crisis. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis online. The cuban missile crisis of 1962, which pit the worlds nuclear powers against each other, was a defining moment in the history of the world. Naftali and fursenko have done a excelent piece of research in this interesting book about the cuban missile crisis. Provides detailed information on the events that took place during the cuban missile crisis in 1962. The cuban missile crisis by divine, r a and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Coleman, a university of virginia professor specializing in nuclear. Kennedy and the cuban missile crisis by cath senker. The new book is titled the cuban missile crisis in american memory.
New book lays out for the first time the full story of cubas cuban. Draws on new sources to examine one of the most dramatic and dangerous. 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. Jfk and the untold story of the cuban missile crisis youtube. A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis potomac, 2010, as well as nine other books, and is an associate professor. The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. That was the day that maultsby accidentally strayed into soviet airspace while on a nuclear test fallout sampling mission in the arctic, and anderson was shot down and killed over cuba. 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. The article about paratroopers, their preparation and the. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis. Belfer centers top 10 books on the cuban missile crisis. As we come up towards the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis in october 2012, there are new books coming out.
Jfk and the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis norton, 2012. New books on the cuban missile crisis the fourteenth day. Kennedy thought the chance of escalation to war was between. For thirteen days in october of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the united states and ussr, as the superpowers argued over the installation of soviet nuclear weapons in cuba. Based on classified soviet archives, including the files of nikita khrushchev and the kgb, one hell of a gamble offers a riveting playbyplay history of the cuban missile crisis from american and soviet perspectives simultaneously. Kennedy and americas most dangerous cold war spy mission. Ripe for jeff shaaras vivid alchemy of factbased fiction, here is the cuban missile crisis as readers have never seen it. The cuban missile crisis and the trollope ploy myth. Facing down the buildup of soviet missiles in cuba in 1962, president john f. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. Discover librarianselected research resources on cuban missile crisis from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals.
Days of decision ser kennedy and the cuban missile. Kennedy said to john kenneth galbraith just after the cuban missile crisis. Stern, worked as a historian at the kennedy library in boston from 1977 to. 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.
In particular, they highlight the close to insane policies of the russian government as they sought to bolster the cuban regime from us attack. Belfer centers top 10 books on the cuban missile crisis belfer centers catalog of reading on nuclear danger today john f. 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. New details on cuban missile crisis by ap st louis.