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The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis, Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the missiles of November, Sergo Mikoyan ; edited by Svetlana Savranskaya

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The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis, Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the missiles of November, Sergo Mikoyan ; edited by Svetlana Savranskaya
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-578) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
788275338
Responsibility statement
Sergo Mikoyan ; edited by Svetlana Savranskaya
Series statement
Cold War International History Project series
Sub title
Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the missiles of November
Summary
300 pages of documents include: telegrams, memoranda of conversations, instructions to diplomats, etc
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The Overlooked Crisis between Moscow and Havana -- Why Mikoyan? -- The Journey across the Ocean : The Soviet Discovery of Cuba -- Ten Days That Changed the Face of the Hemisphere -- The Leap Over the Ocean -- Operation Anadyr : Military Success, Political Trap -- When the World Was Hanging by a Thread -- Storm Clouds Over Havana -- Mikoyan Face to Face with Fidel -- Drawing Conclusions in the United States -- Postscript / by Svetlana Savranskaya -- Documents
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