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Hastings, Max

Summary: "In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most terrifying events of the mid-twentieth century--the thirteen days in October 1962 when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. Hastings looks at the conflict with fresh eyes, focusing on the people at the heart of the crisis--America President John F. Kennedy, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9106 HAS

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 972.9106 HAS

Fursenko, A. A.

Contents: Red star ascendant -- Geneva -- Arms to Egypt -- Suez -- Twin crises -- "Khrushchey's comet" -- Coup in Iraq -- "A bone in my throat" -- Khrushchev in America -- Grand design -- The crash heard round the world -- Castro and Lumumba -- Southeast Asian test -- "He is a son of a bitch." -- Iron ring -- "The storm in Berlin is over" -- Meniscus -- "I think we will win this operation" -- Cuban...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.47 FUR

Lawton, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAW

Summary: Khrushchev thanking Nixon

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959

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Summary: Nikita Khrushchev and Eduard Menzincescu insult delegates at UN assembly.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960

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Summary: Khrushchev denounces Stalinism

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950

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Summary: Unrest in Middle East - Nasser and Khrushchev

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1958

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Summary: Khrushchev and Mao in Beijing rally to commemorate the Revolution, the western VO is quite critical of Communism

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959

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Summary: Supreme Soviet meeting, Khrushchev announces the U-2 shoot-down

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960

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Beschloss, Michael R.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.921 BES

Coleman, David G.

Summary: Describes what was going on in the Oval Office as the highly-charged events leading up the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded, as well as the immediate aftermath, based on secret recordings made by President Kennedy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 COL

Summary: Khrushchev visits Nasser in Egypt

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1958

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Summary: Khrushchev visits DeGaulle

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960

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Frankel, Max

Summary: An examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis analyzes the roles, objectives, and actions of John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the October 1962 showdown between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 FRA

Heywood, Joseph.

Summary: In 1960, a group of Red Army officers are planning to have Khrushchev assassinated. At the same time a CIA officer linked to the planned Bay of Pigs invasion vows vengence after an ambush and disappears. The two plots converge at the 1961 summit in Vienna.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1992

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Hey

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS HEY

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