Nuclear folly : a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton and Company, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393540819 (HRD), 0393540812 (HRD)
Physical Desc
xviii, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton and Company, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780393540819 (HRD), 0393540812 (HRD)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A dramatic re-creation and urgent examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclearstrikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must return to the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nuclear Folly offers an international perspective on the crisis, tracing the tortuous decision-making that produced and then resolved it, involving John Kennedy and his advisers, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, and their commanders on the ground. More often than not, the Americans and Soviets misread each other, operated under false information, and came perilously close to nuclear catastrophe. Despite these errors, nuclear war was avoided for one central reason: fear. Serhii Plokhy masterfully illustrates the drama and anxiety of those tense days, and provides a way for us to grapple with the problems posed in our present day"--,Provided by publisher.
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 972.91064 PLO | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Plokhy, S. (2021). Nuclear folly: a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis (First edition.). W.W. Norton and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-. 2021. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. W.W. Norton and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis W.W. Norton and Company, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Plokhy, Serhii. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis First edition., W.W. Norton and Company, 2021.
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