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Author Stern, Sheldon M.

Title Averting 'the final failure' : John F. Kennedy and the secret Cuban Missile Crisis meetings / Sheldon M. Stern.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.
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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.922 STERN    Check Shelf
Description xxx, 459 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Stanford nuclear age series
Stanford nuclear age series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-449) and index.
Contents Preface: The JFK Cuban Missile Crisis tapes -- Listening to the JFK Tapes -- Origins of the JFK Tapes -- Opening the JFK Tapes -- The Historical Value of the JFK Tapes -- Introduction: the Making of the Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Cold War: JFK's Crucible -- Nuclear Confrontation in Cuba -- The Kennedy Paradox -- Key Members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council -- The Secret Meetings of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council -- Epilogue: The November Post-Crisis -- Conclusion: Listening and Learning: Insights from the JFK ExComm Tapes.
Subject Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
National Security Council (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision making.
National security -- United States -- Decision making.
ISBN 0804748462 cloth alkaline paper
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