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9781566634779

Maximum Danger : Kennedy, the Missiles, and the Crisis of American Confidence

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  • ISBN13:

    9781566634779

  • ISBN10:

    1566634776

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-09-01
  • Publisher: Natl Book Network

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Summary

Robert Weisbrot for the first time considers the Cuban missile crisis in the full context of history.

Author Biography

Robert Weisbrot is the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Colby College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Rethinking the Cuban Missile Crisisp. 3
Cold War Alarms and the 1960 Campaignp. 12
The New Frontier Under Siegep. 40
"We Just Had to Get Them Out of There": Why Missiles in Cuba Triggered a Crisisp. 76
The Decision to Blockadep. 111
Kennedy's Hidden Concession--to Public Opinionp. 149
Epilogue: The Missile Crisis in Historical Perspectivep. 196
Selected Chronologyp. 215
Notesp. 219
Indexp. 259
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