cuban missile crisis, 1962

In the first video, historical footage and personal interviews tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the second film, Erich Neumeth, the former CIA officer who interpreted for Kennedy and Khrushchev on the final night of the crisis, reveals insights never before shared in public.

The author, who was head of intelligence at the U.S. State Department during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, discusses the way President Kennedy, his advisers, and top officials in the State Department, Pentagon, and CIA went about making the decision about how to deal with the problem of the missiles.

An examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis analyzes the roles, objectives, and actions of John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the October 1962 showdown between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

This book describes the Cuban missile crisis, explaining the thoughts and reactions of President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.

Explores the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and what part John F. Kennedy played in it.

Examines the events preceding, during, and after the confrontation between the United States and Cuba over the presence of Soviet missiles there.

Collects nine primary documents from the Cuban missile crisis written by such figures as John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, and Adlai Stevenson, and presents six perspectives on the crisis, a chronology, and a further reading list.

This book discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), the thirteen-day struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, describing the causes of the conflict, the decisions of leaders of the two superpowers, and the final resolution to avoid nuclear war.