The cuban missile crisis 1962 book

In late october and early november of 1962, events surrounding the cuban missile crisis dominated the headlines of the new york times. President kennedy and secretary of defense mcnamara in an excomm meeting. The events of the cuban missile crisis could not be any better researched in one minute to midnight, a nonfiction book by michael dobbs. Oct 28, 2019 on october 27, 1962, u2 pilot rudolf anderson jr. National security archivepublicationsdocuments readersthe. Download citation cuban missile crisis 1962 the crisis began in mid. Cuban missile crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the united states and the soviet union.

For the student of crisis management, for which the cuban missile crisis is held to be a model example, this book is a goldmine of useful detail and context. The cuban missile crisis and the threat of nuclear war. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis. On december 8, 1962, the saturday evening post published a long article, in time of crisis, which established the official narrative on the cuban missile crisis. The authors purpose for this book is to help people better understand what the cuban missile crisis was, which is told in a third person narrative.

Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. However, the soviet and the cuban leadership knew that the most dangerous weapons of. Kennedy speaks before reporters during a televised speech to the nation about the strategic blockade of cuba, and his warning to the soviet union about missile sanctions, during the cuban missile crisis, on october 24, 1962. The cuban missile crisis is the term used in the west to describe the events of october 1962, described by robert kennedy as the world. Kennedys account of the cuban missile crisis of 1962. During the thirteen days in october 1962 when the united states confronted the soviet union over its installation of missiles in cuba, few people shared the. October 1962 when the americans became aware that the soviet union was deploying nuclear weapons on the island of cuba. Jfk and the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis norton, 2012. Lang, offers a fresh exploration of the 1962 cuban missile crisis and plumbs its lessons on the continuing dangers of nuclear war. The cuban missile crisis in american memory by sheldon m.

Sep 14, 2012 most books on the cuban missile crisis tell the story through the perspective of memoirs of those who advised president kennedy, as he struggled to avoid world war iii. The decision whether to use nuclear weapons that faced political and military leaders fortyfive years ago may be the choices facing leaders in crises situations today and in the future. Washington, dc, october 10, 2012 in november 1962, cuba was preparing to become the first nuclear power in latin americaat the time when the kennedy administration thought that the cuban missile crisis was long resolved and the soviet missiles were out. Khrushchev began secretly deploying medium range ballistic missiles mrbm and intermediate range. Kennedy presidential library and museum the cuban missile crisis, october 1962. The cuban missile crisis involved a single discrete set of circumstances. This book explains the critical events, along with the experiences of those who execute presidential commands in times of national crisis.

Cuban missile crisis, 1962 national security archive. The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. I think the book is intended for teens and up, although it is short. Kennedy and his advisers were stunned to learn that the soviet union was, without provocation. Jun 17, 2018 many folks in greenville are familiar with the story of native son maj. Cuban missile crisis books bookstore online store atomic archive. It was a proxy conflict around cuba it began when the soviet union ussr began building missile sites in cuba in 1962. This country had more than 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles icbms compared to 78 icbms in the soviet arsenal.

A summary of the cuban missile crisis would be that there was a day worrisome military and political standoff in october of 1962 due to the nucleararmed missiles in cuba, which ended when the united states allowed the soviet leader, nikita khrushchev, to remove the cuban missiles as long as the u. The cuban missile crisis, 1962 a national security archive documents reader edited by laurence chang and peter kornbluh. It posits that the logic of affect offers a more comprehensive explanation of the soviet prime ministers choice behavior. This book tells the story of the cuban missile crisis in 1962, the struggle that president kennedy and his advisers including the author, who was head of intelligence at the state department went through to try to understand why the soviet union had put nuclear missiles in cuba, the alternative policies they debated to deal with the presence of the missiles, the aftermath of the crisis, and. Stern, worked as a historian at the kennedy library in boston from 1977 to. He has taught at leading american universities, including princeton, the university of michigan, and georgetown.

Rudolf anderson, the u2 pilot shot down and killed during the cuban missile crisis in 1962. The new book is titled the cuban missile crisis in american memory. The cuban missile crisis was a time of heightened confrontation between the soviet union, the united states, and cuba during the cold war. Professionally converted for accurate flowingtext e book format reproduction, this report provides comparative perspectives of the cuban missile crisis of october 1962. His previous books include the bestselling one minute to midnight on the cuban missile crisis, which was part of an acclaimed cold war trilogy. However, the soviet and the cuban leadership knew that the most dangerous weapons of the crisis tactical lunas and. Asw forces and soviet submarines during october and november 1962, only in recent months has the hidden history of soviet submarine operations during the crisis become more widely known. Chapter 4 examines nikita khrushchevs decisionmaking in the cuban missile crisis. Based on an offtherecord interview with the president, and access to his top aides, the authors, charles bartlett and stewart alsop, described how the soviets had backed down.

Kennedy cult holds that jfk heroically saved humanity from annihilation during the cuban missile crisis of october 1962. The cuban missile crisis remains one of the mostly intensely studied moments of. In october 1962, an american u2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the cuban missile crisis acted as a catalyst for change during the cold war. This conference, focusing on the socalled cuban missile crisis of 1962, was the fifth in a series attended by former u. Subject guides cuban missile crisis libraries western. This book provides a lucid and uptodate introduction to the crisis, including. The risk of catastrophe is now recognised by many to have been greater than realised by protagonists at the time or scholars subsequently. In response to the bay of pigs invasion and other american actions against cuba as well as to president kennedys buildup in italy and turkey of u. The cuban missile crisis one of the most dramatic moments of the 20th century and a particularly exciting topic to teach and to study. The resulting crisis was resolved when the united states faced down the soviets in a dramatic. The tip of a soviet r12 ss4 mediumrange missile, now a museum piece, points into the havana sky the cuban missile crisis, 1962 a national security archive documents reader.

Thirtysix years after the cuban missile crisis, these declassified documents stand as testament to just. The cuban missile crisis edinburgh university press. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis online. In response to the bay of pigs invasion and other american actions against cuba as well as to president kennedy s buildup in italy and turkey of u. In october 1962, at the height of the cold war, the united states and the soviet union came to the brink of nuclear conflict ove the deployment of soviet missiles. While experts on the missile crisis, as well as the participants themselves, have been long aware of the catandmouse game between u. Khrushchevs secret dispatch of nuclear missiles to fidel castros revolutionary cuba and us president john f. Presenting the photographic evidence abroad originally classified secret and published by studies in intelligence in spring 1972, this account describes the experiences of sherman kent and other senior cia officers in briefing the leaders of britain, france, germany and canada on the reasons behind us actions in the cuban missile crisis. Coleman, a university of virginia professor specializing in nuclear. Michael dobbs has pored over previously untapped american, soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile crisis. For thirteen days in october of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the united states and ussr, as the superpowers argued over the installation of soviet nuclear weapons in cuba. This unit is based around extended roleplay activities firstly from the soviet, then from the american, perspectives. E j carter provides an account of the cuban missile crisis of 1962, a cold war event in which the world was brought to the brink of nuclear war, and discusses some of the people who worked to find a peaceful. He is currently on the staff of the united states holocaust memorial museum.

Available in the national security archives microfiche collection, the cuban missile crisis, 1962. The cuban missile crisis download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. In this spirit, professor scott has written a book of compelling interest. In october 1962, at the height of the cold war, the united states and the soviet union came to the brink of nuclear conflict ove the deployment of soviet missiles to cuba. Policy, and from hundreds of other documents subsequently obtained through the freedom of information act. Reuters filereuters for days in october 1962, president john f. Kennedy addresses the nation on the evening of monday, october 22, 1962, as the threat of soviet missiles in cuba nears its peak.

The cuban missile crisis at 55 national security archive. Reading lists cuban missile crisiscuban missile crisis. It was like having the soviet union in their back yard. The cuban missile crisis was a sixday clash in october 1962 between the. Hoping to correct what he saw as a strategic imbalance with the united states, soviet premier nikita s. In graphic novel format, introduces the cuban missile crisis of 1962 separated by only about 100 miles 160 km of water, the united states felt threatened by soviet backed cuba in the 1960s. The cuban missile crisis was a tense daylong october 1628, 1962 confrontation between the united states and the soviet union triggered by americas discovery of nuclearcapable soviet ballistic missile deployment in cuba. The cuban missile crisis, october 1962 office of the historian.

Above and beyond looks at cuban missile crisis through. The purpose is to present briefly the alternative perceptions of the united states and the soviet union during the crisis, comparing these perceptions with each other and with. The cuban missile crisis was the moment during the cold war when the two superpowers. Specifically, the model shows that his defiance of john f. Cuban missile crisis simple english wikipedia, the free. New books on the cuban missile crisis the fourteenth day. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is wrong. The cuban missile crisis 1962three bbc world service documentaries. The records in this documents reader are drawn from the archives indexed microfiche collection, the cuban missile crisis, 1962.

What follows are the major stories that accompanied those. Even before the crisis fully abated, the kennedy administration set about creating a mystique and mythology around the facts and handling of the conflict. A cuban antiaircraft battery in october, 1962, during the cuban missile crisis. One of the more irritating claims made by members of the john f. Cuban missile crisis, october 1962, major confrontation that brought the united states and the soviet union close to war over the presence of soviet nucleararmed missiles in cuba. Cuban missile crisis, 1962 in the fall of 1962, the united states and the soviet union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Jun 01, 2017 the cuban missile crisis in pictures, 1962 u. The book was released in 1969, a year after his assassination. Kennedy s account of the cuban missile crisis of 1962. Kennedy announced the united states had discovered soviet missile bases in cuba. The cuban missile crisis of october 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the united states and the soviet union during the cold war and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. Cuban missile crisis for thirteen days in october 1962 the world waitedseemingly on the brink of nuclear warand hoped for a peaceful resolution to the cuban missile crisis. Kennedys demand to remove the missiles from cuba during the first two days of the crisis was shaped by his sense of.

At the time of the cuban missile crisis in october 1962, the united states had decisive nuclear superiority over the soviet union. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen categories. Written like a thriller, one minute to midnight is an exhaustively researched account of what arthur schlesinger, jr. Belfer centers top 10 books on the cuban missile crisis belfer centers catalog of reading on nuclear danger today john f. Thirtysix years after the cuban missile crisis, these declassified documents stand as testament to just how dangerously close the world came to nuclear destruction in 1962, and challenge the official history of the event as a model of crisis management. In russia, it is known as the caribbean crisis russian. The threshold of nuclear war critical moments in american history series by alice george. Kennedy speaks before reporters during a televised speech to the nation about the strategic blockade of cuba, and his warning to the soviet union about missile sanctions, during the cuban missile crisis, on october 24, 1962 in washington, dc. Describes the events that precipitated the 1962 cuban missile crisis and analyzes the steps taken by president kennedy to avert the threat to the security of the western hemisphere.

In october 1962, humankind came close to the end of its history. Based on secret transcripts of toplevel diplomacy undertaken by the numbertwo soviet leader, anastas mikoyan, to settle the cuban missile crisis in 1962, this book rewrites conventional history. As a reporter for the washington post and a foreign correspondent having covered the collapse of communism, dobbss careful attention to detail and knowledge of this event is evident throughout the book. The huge strategic advantage also included the sophisticated polaris submarines with a devastating nuclear punch. Oct 10, 2012 washington, dc, october 10, 2012 in november 1962, cuba was preparing to become the first nuclear power in latin americaat the time when the kennedy administration thought that the cuban missile crisis was long resolved and the soviet missiles were out. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.