Don Munton and David A. Welch
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Dramatis Personae (and Positions in October 1962)
Introduction: The REAL Thirteen Days
1. Background to the Crisis
US-Cuban Relations in Historical Perspective
The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose
The Soviet Decision to Deploy
2.
Deployment and Discovery
Details of the Deployment
The Intelligence Game of Cat and Mouse
Warnings too Late
On the Eve of Crisis
3. From Discovery to Blockade
The Storm Before the Calm
Narrowing the Options
Decision: The Calm Before the Storm
4. The Perfect
Storm
The Speech
Carrots and Sticks
Khrushchev and Kennedy Waver
The Crisis Heats Up
The Dobrynin Meeting
Climax and Resolution
5. Aftermath
Removing the Missiles from Cub
The Cuban Bomber Crisis
The Domestic and International Public Reaction
Steps Toward
Detente: The Hot Line and Test Ban
Conclusion: The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years Later
Bibliographic Essay
Early Treatments of the Crisis
The Second Wave: "Critical Oral History"
Recent Accounts
Background and History
Aftermath and Lessons
Document Collections and
Websites
Film
Index
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Don Munton is Professor and Founding Chair of International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security and Interim Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and Professor of Political Science at the University of
Waterloo.
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Special Features
New to this Edition
- Thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest scholarship.
- Expanded coverage of the Cuban dimension of the crisis.
- New Conclusion offers perspective on the significance of the crisis on its 50th anniversary.