Gambling with Armageddon nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962
Gambling with Armageddon: nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War--how such a crisis arose, and why at...

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1. Verfasser: Sherwin, Martin J. 1937- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC [February 2022]
Ausgabe:First Vintage Books Edition
Schriftenreihe:A Borzoi book
Schlagworte:
Geschichte 1945-1962
Rüstungswettlauf
Weltpolitik
Kernwaffe
Ost-West-Konflikt
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Nuclear crisis control / United States / History / 20th century
Arms race / History / 20th century
World politics / 1945-1955
World politics / 1955-1965
Nuclear warfare / United States / History
Kennedy, John F. / (John Fitzgerald) / 1917-1963
Arms race
Nuclear crisis control
Nuclear warfare
World politics
United States
1900-1999
History
Zusammenfassung:"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War--how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen. In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post WWII world. Mining new sources and materials, and going far beyond the scope of earlier works on this critical face-off between the United States and the Soviet Union--triggered when Khruschev began installing missiles in Cuba at Castro's behest--Sherwin shows how this volatile event was an integral part of the wider Cold War and was a consequence of nuclear arms. Gambling with Armageddon looks in particular at the original debate in the Truman Administration about using the Atomic Bomb; the way in which President Eisenhower relied on the threat of massive retaliation to project U.S. power in the early Cold War era; and how President Kennedy, though unprepared to deal with the Bay of Pigs debacle, came of age during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here too is a clarifying picture of what was going on in Khruschev's Soviet Union. Martin Sherwin has spent his career in the study of nuclear weapons and how they have shaped our world--Gambling with Armageddon is an outstanding capstone to his work thus far"--
Sherwin sets the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War: how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen. He gives us a riveting explanation of the crisis itself, while also exploring the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post WWII world. Sherwin looks in particular at the original debate in the Truman Administration about using the Atomic Bomb; the way in which President Eisenhower relied on the threat of massive retaliation to project U.S. power in the early Cold War era; and how President Kennedy, though unprepared to deal with the Bay of Pigs debacle, came of age during the Cuban Missile Crisis. -- adapted from publisher info
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xvi, 604 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, 2 Karten 25cm
ISBN:9780307266880

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