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The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril
by Karl E. Valois

9781878668929

For 13 days in October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other, on the brink of potential nuclear disaster as they decided the fate of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. E xcerpts of speeches, meeting notes, letters, and reminiscences of several key players including Kennedy, Krushchev, and others depict this ominous situation.

ISBN: 978-1-878668-92-9     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback