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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Sherwin, Martin J., author.     Subjects     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.     Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.     Nuclear crisis control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Arms race -- History -- 20th century.     World politics -- 1945-1955.     World politics -- 1955-1965.     Nuclear warfare -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sherwin, Martin J., author.       by title:      Gambling with Armage...         MARC Display

Gambling with Armageddon : nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962 / Martin J. Sherwin. by Sherwin, Martin J., author. New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022. Subjects Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.   Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.   Nuclear crisis control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Arms race -- History -- 20th century.   World politics -- 1945-1955.   World politics -- 1955-1965.   Nuclear warfare -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9780307386335 (paperback) : 0307386333 (paperback) : Description:  xvi, 604 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm Edition:  First Vintage Books Edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Pulitzer Prize-winning author Martin J. Sherwin introduces a dramatic new view of how luck and leadership avoided a nuclear holocaust during the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Set within the sweep of the Cold War and its nuclear history, every chapter of this gripping narrative of the origins and resolution of historys most dangerous thirteen days offers lessons and a warning for our time. Gambling with Armageddon presents a riveting, page turning account of the crisis as well as an original exploration of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the Post-World War II world."-- Publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 972.91064 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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