Title When angels wept : a what-if history of the Cuban Missile Crisis / Eric G. Swedin

Edition 1st ed Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 307 pages) : maps Contents Introduction -- Prologue: the Pay of Pigs invasion -- Making tools : mushroom clouds and dreams of space -- Survivor : Nikita Krushchev -- Young man of ambition : John F. Kennedy -- Operation Anadyr : the plan to protect Cuba -- The U-2 flight that never happened : the crisis begins -- Helter Skelter : the world teeters on the edge of sanity -- Desperation : the spark -- Angels weep : the fire comes -- In the ruins : learning to survive Summary What if the Cuban missile crisis had led to war? Notes Maps on lining papers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Imaginary histories. HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba. Imaginary histories Form Electronic book ISBN 9781597975650 1597975656

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