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The Missiles of October is a 1974 docudrama made-for-television play about the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. [1] [2] The title evokes the 1962 book The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman about the missteps amongst the great powers and the failed chances to give an opponent a graceful way out, which led to World War I.
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Mar 29, 2019 · For thirteen days in October, 1962, the world stood still as one of the most dangerous situations in history unfolded. Chairman Khrushchev and the Soviets were pushing President Kennedy and his best and brightest to the brink of nuclear war.
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Jul 2, 2021 · The Missiles of October is a 1974 docudrama made-for-television play about the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. The title evokes the 1962 book The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman about the missteps amongst the great powers and the failed chances to give an opponent a graceful way out, which led to World War I .
Jan 1, 1992 · Hardcover – January 1, 1992. Recently declassified documents help recreate the Cuban missile crisis on the thirtieth anniversary of the world-shaking confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
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Oct 1, 1992 · Compelling revisionist history of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis that puts JFK and his brother Robert in the worst possible light. Drawing on newly declassified archival sources, Thompson (A Time for War, 1991, etc.) offers a tellingly detailed, illusion- free recap of the confrontation that could have precipitated a nuclear exchange.
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Sep 8, 2011 · The missiles of October : the declassified story of John F. Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis : Thompson, Robert Smith : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Thompson, Robert Smith. Publication date. 1992. Topics. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Publisher.
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The story of the Cuban missile crisis has attained the status of myth: President John F. Kennedy was stunned to learn that Khrushchev, in a naked display of adventurism, had put missiles in...