| Description |
xii, 222 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Domain of the Scorpions -- 2. Nature of the Beast: Hedgehog, Porcupine or Cobra? -- 3. Retreat of the Moles -- 4. Hawks, Doves and Owls: Bickering Inhabitants of the Nuclear Aviary -- 5. Perils of the Land Crabs -- 6. Silence of the Lambs |
| Summary |
"Over the last decade, research on the Cuban Missile Crisis has fueled debate about the risk of nuclear war in 1962. Greater insight has been gained into the attitudes and perceptions of the principal decision makers, Kennedy and Khrushchev. It is one of the arguments of this book that while the leaders were increasingly determined to avoid escalation, revelations about aspects at the operational level suggest the risk of inadvertent nuclear war was greater than assumed. How the nuclear threshold might have been crossed and what might then have happened are the focus of this book."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index |
| Subject |
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
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National security -- United States -- Decision making.
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Nuclear warfare.
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| SUBJECT |
USSR -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1975.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125761
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140100 -- Decision making.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005493
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| LC no. |
2008297677 |
| ISBN |
1847060269 (hbk.) |
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9781847060266 (hbk.) |
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