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An International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis - A 50-year retrospective (Paperback)
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An International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis - A 50-year retrospective (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Intelligence
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This edited volume addresses the main lessons and legacies of the
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from a global perspective. Despite the
discoveries of recent research, there is still much more to be
revealed about the handling of nuclear weapons before and during
the Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC). Featuring contributions from a
number of eminent international scholars of nuclear history,
intelligence, espionage, political science and Cold War studies, An
International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis reviews and
reflects on one of the critical moments of the Cold War, focussing
on three key areas. First, the volume highlights the importance of
memory as an essential foundation of historical understanding and
demonstrates how events that rely only on historical records can
provide misleading accounts. This focus on memory extends the scope
of the existing literature by exploring hitherto neglected aspects
of the CMC, including an analysis of the operational aspects of
Bomber Command activity, explored through recollections of the
aircrews that challenge accounts based on official records. The
editors then go on to explore aspects of intelligence whose
achievements and failings have increasingly been recognised to be
of central importance to the origins, dynamics and outcomes of the
missile crisis. Studies of hitherto neglected organisations such as
the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the British Joint
Intelligence Committee (JIC) both extend our understanding of
British and American intelligence machinery in this period and
enrich our understanding of key episodes and assessments in the
missile crisis. Finally, the book explores the risk of nuclear war
and looks at how close we came to nuclear conflict. The risk of
inadvertent use of nuclear weapons is evaluated and a new proposed
framework for the analysis of nuclear risk put forward. This volume
will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies,
international history, foreign policy, security studies and IR in
general.
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