THE FOURTEENTH DAY by David G. Coleman ( 9780393346800 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE FOURTEENTH DAY
JFK AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS: BASED ON THE SECRET WHITE HOUSE TAPES

By:

David G. Coleman

Format:

Paperback

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£20.00

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ISBN 10:

0393346803

ISBN 13:

9780393346800

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Publisher:

WW NORTON & CO

Pub. date:

21 October, 2013

Pages:

288

Description:

"A portrait of the JFK White House after the Cuban Missile Crisis as it really was ... human and revealing."-Evan Thomas

Synopsis:

Popular history marks October 28, 1962, as the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet as JFK's secretly recorded White House tapes reveal, the aftermath of the crisis was a political and diplomatic minefield. The president had to push hard to get Khrushchev to remove Soviet weaponry from Cuba without reigniting the volatile situation, while also tackling midterm elections and press controversy. With a new preface that highlights recently declassified information, historian David G. Coleman puts readers in the Oval Office during the turning point of Kennedy's presidency and the watershed of the Cold War.

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20 photographs

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WW Norton & Co

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