The Cuban Missile Crisis : Origins, Course and Aftermath - Jonathan Colman

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Origins, Course and Aftermath

By: Jonathan Colman

Paperback | 15 February 2016

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October 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: the confrontation that brought the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before or since. Both John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were determined to avoid nuclear war, but events could easily have spiraled out of control with cataclysmic results. Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible. Discover how America was responsible for causing the conflict and Cuba's role as an important actor rather than a superpower pawn.

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Despite the Cuban Missile Crisis being one of the most studied episodes of Cold War confrontation, Colman's book is a welcome addition. It provides an excellent overview and will be useful for those unfamiliar with the crisis or looking for an accessible introduction. It will be particularly expedient for undergraduate students as, in addition to the discerning analysis, the appendices provide a chronology of events, short biographies of the major players and a selection of 16 key documents, which elucidate aspects of the main arguments. It will also be welcomed by experts in American foreign policy and the international history of the Cold War more broadly, through an engagement with the most recent research and scholarship on the crisis. Colman's Cuban Missile Crisis is an accessible and eminently readable book for anyone with an interest in the global perspective of one of the most important international events during the Cold War era.--Conor Tobin, University College Dublin "History: The Journal of the Historical Association"

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