Kennedy Tapes Concise Edition: Inside The White House During The Cuban Missile CrisisErnest R May, Philip D Zelikow W. W. Norton & Company, 5 feb. 2002 - 514 pagini The closest most of us will ever come to being inside the Oval Office at a moment of crisis. For sheer drama, this work of history may never be duplicated. The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis unfold in the actual words of President John F. Kennedy and his top advisers. Now available in a new, concise edition, this book retains its gripping sense of history in the making. "[A] splendid achievement, as powerful and exciting a book as one is likely to read this year...."—Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review "Gripping history."—Richard J. Tofel, Wall Street Journal "[M]esmerizing. I was utterly fascinated....the best, fullest account of crisis yet and will remain so for decades to come."—Stephen E. Ambrose "[A]s close as most people will ever get to being a fly on the wall during the discussions of leaders."—Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, James G. Blight |
Cuprins
IV | 3 |
V | 9 |
VI | 12 |
VII | 16 |
VIII | 20 |
IX | 30 |
X | 32 |
XI | 53 |
XXVIII | 204 |
XXIX | 206 |
XXXI | 218 |
XXXIII | 224 |
XXXIV | 234 |
XXXV | 245 |
XXXVI | 260 |
XXXVIII | 269 |
XII | 73 |
XIV | 106 |
XV | 109 |
XVII | 124 |
XVIII | 125 |
XIX | 138 |
XX | 142 |
XXI | 146 |
XXII | 149 |
XXIII | 152 |
XXIV | 163 |
XXV | 194 |
XXVII | 202 |
XLI | 288 |
XLII | 292 |
XLIII | 295 |
XLIV | 301 |
XLV | 324 |
XLVII | 391 |
XLIX | 402 |
L | 404 |
LII | 405 |
LIII | 411 |
LIV | 451 |
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Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis Ernest R. May,Philip Zelikow Vizualizare fragmente - 1997 |
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis Ernest R. May,Philip Zelikow Vizualizare fragmente - 1997 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
afternoon agree air strike aircraft Alexis Johnson ambassador American announce attack Ball bases Berlin blockade Bohlen buildup Bundy Castro Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis Dean Rusk decision defense Dillon discussion Dobrynin draft Eisenhower fire forces Gilpatric going Gromyko Havana intelligence invade Cuba invasion IRBMs John McCone Jupiter missiles Jupiters Kennedy's Khrushchev LeMay letter McCone McGeorge Bundy McNamara meeting military action missile sites missiles in Cuba morning Moscow move MRBMs National Security NATO negotiations Nitze nuclear weapons October October 26 offensive weapons planes position President Kennedy problem proposal quarantine question reconnaissance Robert Kennedy Russians Secretary Security Council seems Sorensen Soviet missiles Soviet ships Soviet Union statement Stevenson stop strategic submarines surveillance talking tape Taylor Thant there's thing Thompson threat tion tomorrow Turkey Turks Unclear exchange Unidentified Vice President Johnson Washington White House Yeah York
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