The fourteenth day : JFK and the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis / David G. Coleman.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.Description: 256 pages : illustrations 25 cmISBN:- 9780393084412
- E 841 .C677 2012
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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American Learning Resource | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | E 841 .C677 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9ALRC201101463 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-248) and index.
The ultimate source of action -- The fourteenth day -- Eyes in the sky -- The postmortem season -- Mockingbird don't sing -- The bomber problem -- Standing in judgment -- A tub of butter -- The military problem -- Missiles of November -- A deal -- With one voice -- The missiles we've had on our minds -- Removing the straitjacket -- A political firefight -- Shaping the future.
Discusses the continuing political struggles dealt with by President John F. Kennedy in the days following the agreement of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba in October, 1962.
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