Aug 15, 2012 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. The cuban crisis of 1962 download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Books, defectors, and song the cuban missile crisis, as. Lets begin with rfk, who has been lionized as a clever statesmen, partly due to his own posthumous 1969 book on the crisis. Kennedy presidential library and museum the cuban missile crisis, october 1962. Books, defectors, and song the cuban missile crisis, as seen from moscow the soviet union, in churchills famous words, was a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
Soviet perspective on the cuban missile crisis from nikita. Any new entry in the crowded field of books on the 1962 cuban missile crisis must pass. The estimated number of north american deaths was upwards of 200 million. Cuban missile crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the united states and the soviet union. Svetlana savranskaya mikoyan archive reveals cuba a nearnuclear power new book shows crisis unresolved until november 22, 1962. If you want a more tacticallevel perspective on the cuban missile crisis, check out blue moon over cuba. Kennedy relied on a history book to guide him in the cuban missile crisis and we now know that book was wrong by jordan michael smith globe correspondent, october 21, 2012, 12. The events of the cuban missile crisis could not be any better researched in one minute to midnight, a nonfiction book by michael dobbs. A memoir of the cuban missile crisis ebook written by robert f. The cuban crisis of 1962 download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The cuban missile crisis is the closest the united states came to nuclear war during the cold war era.
The objectivity of sergo mikoyan is highly questionable, for the obvious reason that he is writing about his own father and is hardly going to present his father in an. Facing down the buildup of soviet missiles in cuba in 1962, president john f. The cuban missile crisis download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. 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. The cuban missile crisis by divine, r a and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Oct 24, 2012 the second crisis was the cuban missile crisis.
Aerial reconnaissance during the cuban missile crisis by capt. The soviet perspective of the cuban missile crisis essay. The cuban missile crisis is the defining moment of john kennedys presidency. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide gow, catherine, 1956, the cuban missile crisis. Jul 08, 2019 the cuban missile crisis, commonly known as the caribbean crisis in russian terms and october crisis in cuban terms is the time highlighting the juxtaposition between the soviet union, cuba, and the united states. It is anastas mikoyans cuban missile crisis, and it is a translation of a book written by mikoyans son, sergo mikoyan. Double, perhaps even quadruple that number of soviet, eastern european, and chinese citizens perished, and no one had any reliable data on how many western europeans, africans, asians, australians, and others were killed by the radioactive fallout as it. Ever since the thirteen days in october 1962 there has been a lively discussion about the origins and the management of the crisis. Click download or read online button to get the cuban missile crisis book now.
Thirteen days book news newspapers books scholar jstor. The book is written from the perspective of those who lived through the most dangerous cold war encounter between the two nuclear super powers, russia and the united states. 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 cold warcuban missile crisis wikibooks, open books for. 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. Kennedy took a calculated risk and succeeded in negotiating the removal of those weapons after weeks of teetering on the brink of war. Possibly because most were written during or shortly after the event, this collection of essays by commentators of various political stripes takes a narrow view of the missile crisis. Robert kennedys posthumous book days doesnt paint an accurate picture of his own position and omits several things that were still classified when he and sorensen wrote it, but it does g. Soviet perspective of the cuban missile crisis the cuban missile crisis that is also referred to as october crisis in cuba as well as the caribbean crisis within the soviet union was the clash between ussrcuba and the u. The book was used as the basis for the 1974 television play the missiles of october. Click download or read online button to get the cuban crisis of 1962 book now. Fiction graphic novels historical fiction history horror memoir music mystery nonfiction poetry. Cuban missile crisis, 1962 sources cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 declassified version, 1992, by united states central intelligence agency, ed. See also whats at your library, or elsewhere broader terms.
As michael dobbs makes clear in one minute to midnight 2008, a daybyday and then minutebyminute chronicle of the missile crisis, the world. The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. It is often considered as the cold war of cuba which was extended to a great level that there was a major possibility of the conversion of the cold. It is an alternate history where the cuban missile crisis escalated to a fullscale war, the soviet. 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. Kennedy relied on a history book to guide him in the cuban missile crisis and we now know that book was wrong by jordan michael smith. On that day a soviet missile team in cuba shot down a u2, killing its pilot. While experts on the missile crisis, as well as the participants themselves, have been long aware of the catandmouse game between u. This book explains the critical events, along with the experiences of those who execute presidential commands in times of national crisis.
It is often considered as the cold war of cuba which was extended to a great level that there was a major possibility of the conversion of the cold war into a nuclear war between the. Its frightening to realize that its a work of history and not fiction. The cold warcuban missile crisis wikibooks, open books. A cold war icon, the hot line was the direct result of the cuban missile crisis, during which exchanges between the kremlin and the white house sometimes took dangerously long to send and decode. Michael dobbs has pored over previously untapped american, soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile crisis. Castro, mikoyan, kennedy, khrushchev and the missiles of november hardcover. Cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 declassified version, 1992, by united states central intelligence agency, ed. The result is a book with sobering new information about the worlds only. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis. Ever since the thirteen days in october 1962 there has been a lively discussion. The placing of soviet nuclear missiles in cuba, aimed at the united states, could have escalated into a full scale war between the united states and the soviet union. Stern, worked as a historian at the kennedy library in boston from 1977 to. In his hourbyhour chronicle of those nearfatal days, dobbs reveals some startling new incidents that show how close we came to armageddon. They will kill us tomorrow because the missiles will be ready in days.
New books on the cuban missile crisis the fourteenth day. This book puts forward the first reports ive seen of sovietcuban plans to wipe out the. The new book is titled the cuban missile crisis in american memory. Soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile. A memoir of the cuban missile crisis paperback november 17, 1999. One minute to midnight by michael dobbs tells the story of the cuban missile crisis of 1962. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read thirteen days. 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. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is. Did we need another book on the cuban missile crisis of 1962.
Mar 26, 2015 books, defectors, and song the cuban missile crisis, as seen from moscow the soviet union, in churchills famous words, was a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. This short statement by oleg troyanovsky reveals that the cuban missile crisis is indeed one of the most studied subjects in u. The submarines of october national security archive. The cuban missile crisis was a sixday clash in october 1962 between the united states and the soviet union over the presence of soviet nuclear missiles in cuba. When president kennedy found out, he was not happy. Written like a thriller, one minute to midnight is an exhaustively researched account of what arthur schlesinger, jr. This book provides a lucid and up todate introduction to the crisis, including american responsibility for causing it, and. Jul 31, 2008 i have an ap class that requires that i write a book report on two books, one fiction, one nonfiction. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide gow, catherine, 1956.
The cuban missile crisis, in october 1962, was probably the closest the united states and the soviet union came to initiating nuclear war. In 2000, the theatrical film thirteen days was produced using the same title, but based on an entirely different book, the kennedy tapes. Kennedy, khrushchev, castro and the 1962 crisis ebook written by mark j. Only adam ulam, the harvard kremlinologist, seriously pursues the geopolitical context, offering the theory that khrushchev. Belfer centers top 10 books on the cuban missile crisis belfer centers catalog of reading on nuclear danger today john f. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read missiles in cuba. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is wrong. The cuban missile crisis, commonly known as the caribbean crisis in russian terms and october crisis in cuban terms is the time highlighting the juxtaposition between the soviet union, cuba, and the united states.
The missiles of october and days were only half the story. The cuban missile crisis edinburgh university press. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The cuban missile war was the most devastating war in world history. 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. Inside the white house during the cuban missile crisis by ernest r. 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.
His previous books include the bestselling one minute to midnight on the cuban missile crisis, which. A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis potomac, 2010, as well as nine other books, and is an associate professor. 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. Castro, the missle crisis, and the soviet collapse james g. This article about a nonfiction book on soviet history is a stub. Reading lists cuban missile crisiscuban missile crisis. A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis potomac, 2010, as well as nine other books, and is. Sep 01, 2012 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. The new book, one minute to midnight by michael dobbs is a masterfully written account of the cuban missile crisis in october 1962. One minute to midnight is indeed good book to read. Double, perhaps even quadruple that number of soviet, eastern european, and chinese citizens perished, and no one had any reliable data on how many western europeans, africans, asians, australians, and others were killed by the. 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. Castro, mikoyan, kennedy, khrushchev, and the missiles of november by sergo mikoyan, ed. What are some of the best nonfiction books on the cuban.
A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis eric g. Penkovsky is known for informing the united kingdom about the soviet. This book is about the cuban missile crisis that began on october 16, 1962 when the soviet union began to send ballistic missiles to the cuban island. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.