The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril

For 13 days in October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other, on the brink of potential nuclear disaster as they decided the fate of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Excerpts of speeches, meeting notes, letters, and reminiscences of several key players including Kennedy, Krushchev, and others depict this ominous situation.

• | Author: Karl E. Valois
• | Publisher: History Compass
• | Publication Date: Jul 20, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 70 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1878668927
• | ISBN-13: 9781878668929