Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse
With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and international socialism, Cuba now finds itself isolated as the United States continues to press for its economic and political collapse. How Fidel Castro sees Cuba's plight and what he hopes to do about it emerge from this account of a unique conference held in Havana in 1992. The meeting brought together participants in the Cuban missile crisis from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and the U.S. to discuss its causes and course. This account is now available for the first time in paperback, on the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This first meeting between Castro, his ex-Soviet allies, and his American foes produced startling revelations about his dealings with the Soviets, chilling details of the number and kind of Soviet nuclear arms that Cuba possessed in 1962, and an illuminating account of Castro's view of the American threat--then and now. The dramatic exchanges between Castro and such conference participants as Anatoly I. Gribkov, former head of the Warsaw Pact; former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Special Assistant to John Kennedy, reveal misperceptions on all sides that led us to the brink of nuclear war. An extraordinary examination of an international crisis, Cuba on the Brink illustrates the ongoing "Cuba problem," and will help guide our actions toward other countries deemed hostile to our national interest.
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CUBA ON THE BRINK: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse
Nutzerbericht - KirkusVerbatim proceedings from a blockbuster Havana-based 1992 conference on the Cuban missile crisis of 1963, plus interpretive commentary by a team of down-to-earth scholars led by Brown University's ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Cuba on the brink: Castro, the missile crisis, and the Soviet collapse
Nutzerbericht - Not Available - Book VerdictThis is not just one more book on Cuba, for as specialist Jorge Dominguez argues in the excellent introduction, this work records the interactions of crucial actors in the 1962 Cuban missle crisis ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Inhalt
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Cuba and the Brink Fidel Castro v History
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The Legacy of the Brink Unfinished Business of the Havana Conference
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AFTERWORD
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NOTES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Chronology
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Letters Between Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INDEX
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 335 - No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the State or against its political, economic and cultural elements.
Seite 323 - American continent, and one of them (Cuba) almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union.
Seite 419 - So let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Seite 332 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation...
Seite 330 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Seite 499 - As I read your letter, the key elements of your proposals— which seem generally acceptable as I understand them— are as follows: 1) You would agree to remove these weapons systems from Cuba under appropriate United Nations observation and supervision; and undertake, with suitable safeguards, to halt the further introduction of such weapons systems into Cuba.
Seite 333 - In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor— the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others— the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors.
Seite 451 - No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. As Americans, we find communism profoundly repugnant as a negation of personal freedom and dignity. But we can still hail the Russian people for their many achievements — in science and space, in economic and industrial growth, in culture and in acts of courage.
Seite 422 - Graham T. Allison, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (Boston: Little, Brown, 1971), and Morton H.
Seite 323 - Havana, fronting a long line of our shores destitute of the same advantage; the nature of its productions and of its wants, furnishing the supplies and needing the returns of a commerce immensely profitable and mutually...
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Autoren | James G. Blight, Bruce J. Allyn, David A. Welch |
| Ausgabe | illustriert, Neuauflage, überarbeitet |
| Verlag | Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0742522695, 9780742522695 |
| Länge | 537 Seiten |
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