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9781566633925

Maximum Danger

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  • ISBN13:

    9781566633925

  • ISBN10:

    1566633923

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-11-01
  • Publisher: Ivan R Dee
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Summary

Weisbrot moves beyond now common interpretations to argue that JFK in fact explored no new policy frontiers but rather faithfully reflected a remarkable cold war consensus.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Rethinking the Cuban Missile Crisis
3(9)
Cold War Alarms and the 1960 Campaign
12(28)
The New Frontier Under Siege
40(36)
``We Just Had to Get Them Out of There'': Why Missiles in Cuba Triggered a Crisis
76(35)
The Decision to Blockade
111(38)
Kennedy's Hidden Concession-to Public Opinion
149(47)
Epilogue: The Missile Crisis in Historical Perspective 196(19)
Selected Chronology 215(4)
Notes 219(40)
Index 259

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