Gambling with Armageddon : nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962 / Martin J. Sherwin.
2020
E841 .S468 2020
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Title
Gambling with Armageddon : nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962 / Martin J. Sherwin.
Author
Sherwin, Martin J., author.
ISBN
9780525659310 (electronic book)
0525659315 (electronic book)
9780307266880
0307266885
0525659315 (electronic book)
9780307266880
0307266885
Published
New York : This Is A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Copyright
©2020
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 605 pages) : illustrations
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E841 .S468 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
972.9106/4
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2020).
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Table of 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.
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.