The Cuban Missile Crisis

A Concise History
2. Revised Auflage. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-979570-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 222 g

In The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History, Second Edition, Don Munton and David A. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the Cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. Stressing the importance of context in relation to the genesis, conduct, and resolution of the crisis, Munton and

Welch examine events from the U.S., Soviet, and Cuban angles, revealing the vital role that differences in national perspectives played at every stage. While the book provides a concise, up-to-date look at this pivotal event, it also notes gaps and mysteries in the historical record and highlights important

persistent interpretive disputes. The authors provide a detailed guide to relevant literature and film for those who wish to explore further. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crisis, this revised and updated edition of The Cuban Missile Crisis is ideal for undergraduate courses on the 1960s, U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, twentieth-century world history, and comparative foreign policy.

New to this Edition

* Thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest scholarship

* Expanded coverage of the Cuban dimension of the crisis

* New Conclusion offers perspective on the significance of the crisis on its 50th anniversary

Autoren/Hrsg.

Munton, Don

Welch, David A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Ost-West Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Dramatis Personae (and Positions in October 1962)
Introduction: The REAL Thirteen Days

Chapter 1 Background to the Crisis
US-Cuban Relations in Historical Perspective
The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose
The Soviet Decision to Deploy

Chapter 2 Deployment and Discovery
Details of the Deployment
The Intelligence Game of Cat and Mouse
Warnings too Late
On the Eve of Crisis

Chapter 3 From Discovery to Blockade
The Storm Before the Calm
Narrowing the Options
Decision: The Calm Before the Storm

Chapter 4 The Perfect Storm
The Speech
Carrots and Sticks
Khrushchev and Kennedy Waver
The Crisis Heats Up
The Dobrynin Meeting
Climax and Resolution

Chapter 5 Aftermath
Removing the Missiles from Cuba
The Cuban Bomber Crisis
The Domestic and International Public Reaction
Steps Toward Détente: The Hot Line and Test Ban

Conclusion: The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years Later

Bibliographic Essay
Early Treatments of the Crisis
The Second Wave: "Critical Oral History"
Recent Accounts
Background and History
Aftermath and Lessons
Document Collections and Websites
Film

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Don Munton is Professor and Founding Chair of International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.

David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security and Interim Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.