The Cuban Missile Crisis

Hillstrom, Laurie Collier. 1965- (Author).

Summary: "Provides users with a detailed and authoritative overview of events surrounding the harrowing 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, telling the story of the tense thirteen-day standoff that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780780813489 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0780813480 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Cold War -- The United States and Cuba -- The discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba -- The world reaches the brink of nuclear war -- The Cold War comes to an end -- Legacy of the Cuban Missile Crisis.