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The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril (Perspectives on History (Discovery))
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Publication Date: July 20th, 2011
Publisher:
History Compass
ISBN:
9781878668929
Pages:
70
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Description
For 13 days in October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other, on the brink of potential nuclear disaster as they decided the fate of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Excerpts of speeches, meeting notes, letters, and reminiscences of several key players including Kennedy, Krushchev, and others depict this ominous situation.
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