CUBA ON THE BRINK: Castro, the Missle Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse ebook

The meeting brought together participants in the Cuban missile crisis from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and the . to discuss its causes and course

The meeting brought together participants in the Cuban missile crisis from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and the . to discuss its causes and course. This is not just one more book on Cuba, for as specialist Jorge Dominguez argues in the excellent introduction, this work records the interactions of crucial actors in the 1962 Cuban missle crisis.

As Jorge Dominguez reminds us in his introduction, the United States still objects to the very nature of the Cuban regime. Today as a third of a century ago, Fidel Castro and his associates still proclaim that they will defend their version of their homeland even if it means death

As Jorge Dominguez reminds us in his introduction, the United States still objects to the very nature of the Cuban regime. Today as a third of a century ago, Fidel Castro and his associates still proclaim that they will defend their version of their homeland even if it means death. For what it directly tells us about one of the most dangerous confrontations of the twentieth century, and for what it indirectly tells us about the present, Cuba on the Brink is essential reading for any serious student of international affairs.

This book shows the human dimension of the Cuban missile crisis as never before, especially in its vivid portrayal of the relationship between Fidel Castro and my father, Nikita Khrushchev. Cuba on the Brink captures the drama and danger of leaders, countries, and ideologies on a collision course with nuclear catastrophe. A marvelous book! (Sergei N. Khrushchev). A stunning insight into how the world looked from Havana when, for a moment of supreme crisis, Cuba was the hinge of the world.

Cuba on the Brink book. The meeting brought together participants in the With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and international socialism, Cuba now finds itself isolated as the United States continues to press for its economic and political collapse.

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book by James G. Blight. With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and international socialism, Cuba now finds itself isolated as the United States continues to press for its economic and political collapse.

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1996) and his Missiles in Cuba: Kennedy, Khrushchev .

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1996) and his Missiles in Cuba: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro and the 1962 Crisis (1997); Dino A. Brugioni, Eyeball to Eyeball: The Inside Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1991); Norman Polmar and John D. Gresham, Defcon-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War during the Cuban Missile Crisis (2006); and David . For the Cuban Missile Crisis from the Soviet side, see Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, One Hell of a Gamble : Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958–1964 (1997)

The meeting brought together participants in the Cuban missile crisis from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and the .

New Book Shows Crisis Unresolved Until November 22, 1962

New Book Shows Crisis Unresolved Until November 22, 1962. Posted - October 10, 2012. However, the Soviet and the Cuban leadership knew that the most dangerous weapons of the crisis-tactical Lunas and FKRs-were still in Cuba. They were battlefield weapons, which would have been used against the . landing forces if the EXCOMM had decided on an invasion, not the quarantine. The Soviets intended for them to stay in Cuba secretly because they were not part of the Kennedy-Khrushchev understandings, while the Cubans wanted to keep them to defend against another .

Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse. New York: Pantheon, 1993. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978. 683 pp. , ed. Cuba: Internal and International Affairs. 509 pp. Blight, James G. and Peter Kornbluh. eds. Politics of Illusion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reexamined. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998. 283 pp. (P). and Philip Brenner. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1982.