14. The Cuban Missile Crisis

This chapter examines the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis in terms of foreign policy. It begins with a discussion of the Soviets’ deployment of ballistic missiles in Cuba under the covert mission Operation Anadyr and the four principal hypotheses advanced by the Kennedy administration to ex...

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Main Author: Allison, Graham
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198708902.003.0014
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