Kennedy V Khrushchev: The Crisis Years 1960-63 - Hardcover

Michael R. Beschloss

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9780571165483: Kennedy V Khrushchev: The Crisis Years 1960-63

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ISBN 10: 0571165486 ISBN 13: 9780571165483

Publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1991

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Physical description; xii, 816 p., [30] p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography (p. 709-722) and index. Summary; During the three years of J.F. Kennedy's presidency, the world came to the brink of nuclear disaster. Starting with the Bay of Pigs in 1961, the two superpowers moved from crisis to crisis: the summit in Vienna, confrontation over the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy's assassination and the final overthrow of Khrushchev. This book provides a dramatic reassessment of the years 1960 to 1963. The author examines the politics of the era but returns to the two leaders - Kennedy and Khrushchev - and the effects of their actions. Drawing on interviews and newly declassified government documents, the author reveals the mistakes, betrayals, missed communications and covert operations that made these the "crisis years". Michael Bescloss is the author of "Mayday" a nd "Kennedy and Roosevelt". Subjects; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963). Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich (1894-1971). Cold War. International relations - History - 20th century. World politics - (1955-1965). United States - Foreign relations - Soviet Union. Soviet Union - Foreign relations - United States. United States - Foreign relations - Russia. Russia - Foreign relations - United States. World - History. Dates covered: (1960-1963). International relations. European history: from (c 1900 -). American history: from (c 1900 -). USA ; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) ; (c 1960 to c 1970). Political Science / International Relations / General. Political Science / American Government / General. Policical Science / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union. History / Europe / Former Soviet Republics. History / Modern / 20th Century. History / United States / 20th Century. Genre; Illustrated.

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