In the Eye of the Storm: Castro, Khrushchev, Kennedy and the Missile Crisis

236 Pages·1995·29.466 MB·English

by  Carlos Lechuga, Mary Todd, Mirta Muñiz

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IN THE EYE
OF THE STORM
Castro, Khrushchev, Kennedy
and the Missile Crisis
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By Carlos Lechuga
Translated by Mary Todd
Edited by Mirta Muniz
OCEAN PRESS
31143005237343
327.7304 Lee
Lechuga, Carlos.
In the eye of the storm :
Castro, Khrushchev,
Kennedy and the Missile
Crisis
Cover design by David Spratt
Copyright © 1995 Carlos Lechuga
Copyright © 1995 Ocean Press
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
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of the publisher.
ISBN 1-875284-87-7
First printed 1995
Printed in Australia
Published by Ocean Press,
GPO Box 3279, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
Distributed in the United States by the Talman Company,
131 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
Distributed in Britain and Europe by Central Books,
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Distributed in A ustralia by Astam Books,
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Distributed in Cuba and Latin America by Ocean Press,
Apartado 686, C.P. 11300, Havana, Cuba
Contents
Carlos Lechuga 1
Editor’s preface 3
1 The beginnings 7
2
Missiles and threats 30
3
The missile gap and discovery 56
4
The letters 79
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A misunderstanding 107
6 U Thant in I^avana 121
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Cuba and the negotiations 135
8
No inspections 157
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Aggression and detente 183
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The unknown 195
Index 212

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