Nuclear folly : a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis / Serhii Plokhy.
Nuclear folly : a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis / Serhii Plokhy.
Nuclear folly : a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis / Serhii Plokhy.
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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
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G 2021/1724
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 444 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Apprentice -- Master of the game -- Triumph of communism -- Rocket man -- Going nuclear -- Operation Anadyr -- High seas -- Prisoner of Berlin -- Tip-off -- Honeymoon -- "Wipe them out" -- Quarantine -- Moscow night -- Blinking in the dark -- Wooden knife -- The Americans are coming! -- Turkish quag...
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Publisher
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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"A dramatic re-creation and urgent examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must return to the lessons of the most dangerous m...
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Nuclear folly : a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis / Serhii Plokhy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2021/1724
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74VKaazDPWdl
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ISBN
0393540812
9780393540819
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972.91064
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991024420915002626
