ch. 1 Background to the Crisis
U.S.-Cuban Relations in Historical Perspective
The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose
The Soviet Decision to Deploy
ch. 2 Deployment and Discovery
Details of the Deployment
The Intelligence Game of Cat and Mouse
Warnings Too Late
On the Eve of Crisis
ch. 3 From Discovery to Blockade
The Storm Before the Calm
Narrowing the Options
Decision
ch. 4 The Perfect Storm
The Speech
Carrots and Sticks
Khrushchev and Kennedy Waver
The Crisis Heats Up
The Dobrynin Meeting
Climax and Resolution
ch. 5 Aftermath
Removing the Missiles from Cuba
The Cuban Bomber Crisis
The Domestic and International Public Reaction
Steps Toward Detente: The Hot Line and Test Ban
Conclusion The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years Later
Bibliographic Essay
Early Treatments of the Crisis
The Second Wave: "Critical Oral History"
Recent Accounts
Background and History
Aftermath and Lessons
Document Collections and Websites
Film.