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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 : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. 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:  9780307266880 (hardcover) : 0307266885 (hardcover) : Description:  xvi, 604 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Prologue -- The making of the nuclear age, 1945-1962. Truman and Stalin ; Eisenhower, Khruschev, Castro, and the "weapon of mass destruction" ; Kennedy, Khruschev, Castro, and the Bay of Pigs -- The thirteen days, October 16-28, 1962. Khruschev's missiles ; October 16 (Tuesday), Day One ; October 7 (Wednesday)-October 22 (Monday) ; October 22 (Monday)-October 26 (Friday) ; October 27 (Saturday)-October 28 (Sunday) -- Lies and legacies. Requests:  0 Summary:  Sherwin sets the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War: how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen. He gives us a riveting explanation of the crisis itself, while also exploring the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post WWII world. Sherwin looks in particular at the original debate in the Truman Administration about using the Atomic Bomb; the way in which President Eisenhower relied on the threat of massive retaliation to project U.S. power in the early Cold War era; and how President Kennedy, though unprepared to deal with the Bay of Pigs debacle, came of age during the Cuban Missile Crisis. -- adapted from publisher info   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 972.91064 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 972.91064 Sherwin Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 972.91064 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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