High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- ISBN-10
- 0345466713
- ISBN-13
- 9780345466716
- Category
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Max Frankel
Description
An examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis analyzes the roles, objectives, and actions of John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the October 1962 showdown between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
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