{"product_id":"the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-the-cold-war","title":"The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn October 1962, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War ensued, bringing the world close to the brink of nuclear war. Over two tense weeks, U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev managed to negotiate a peaceful resolution to what was nearly a global catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the best recent scholarship and previously unexamined documents from the archives of the former Soviet Union, this introductory volume examines the motivations and calculations of the major participants in the conflict, sets the crisis in the context of the broader history of the global Cold War, and traces the effects of the crisis on subsequent international and regional geopolitical relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelections from twenty primary sources provide firsthand accounts of the frantic deliberations and \u003ci\u003erealpolitik\u003c\/i\u003e diplomacy between the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Fidel Castro's Cuban regime; thirteen illustrations are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Making of a global Crisis \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Origins of the Cold War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA New Front in the Cold War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cold War in Latin America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cuban Revolution and the Soviet Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. and Regional Responses to the Cuban Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperation Zapata: The Bay of Pigs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperation Anadyr: Soviet Missiles in Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrisis Dénouement: The Missiles of November\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluating the Leadership on All Sides of the Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNuclear Fallout: Consequences of the Missile Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Future of Cuban-Soviet Relations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatin American Responses to the Missile Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistoriography of the Cuban Missile Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eDocuments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemorandum for McGeorge Bundy from Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., April 10, 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState Department White Paper, April 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Cable on the Conversation between Gromyko and Kennedy, October 18, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelegram from Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to the CC CPSU, October 20, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresident John F. Kennedy’s speech to the Nation, October 22, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResolution Adopted by the Council of the Organization of American States Acting Provisionally as the Organ of Consultation, October 23, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessage from Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos to Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticós, October 23, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter from Khrushchev to John F. Kennedy, October 24, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelegram from Soviet Ambassador to the USA Dobrynin to the USSR MFA, October 24, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemorandum for President Kennedy from Douglas Dillon, October 26, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelegram from Fidel Castro to N.S. Khrushchev, October 26, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter from Khrushchev to Fidel Castro, October 28, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCable from USSR Ambassador to Cuba Alekseev to Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 28, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelegram from Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov and Ambassador to the U.N. Zorin to USSR Foreign Ministry (1), October 30, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePremier Khrushchev’s Letter to Prime Minister Castro, October 30, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrime Minister Castro’s Letter to Premier Khrushchev, October 31, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeeting of the Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba with Mikoyan in the Presidential Palace, November 4, 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrazilian Foreign Ministry Memorandum, “Question of Cuba,” November 20, 1968\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter from Khrushchev to Fidel Castro, January 31, 1963\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“I Know Something About the Caribbean Crisis,” Notes from a Conversation with Fidel Castro, November 5, 1987\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66336489308509,"sku":null,"price":55.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781624667428.jpg?v=1793092340","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-the-cold-war","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}