The Cuban Missile Crisis in American memory : myths versus reality

9780804783774 (pbk.)
9780804783767 (hc)

viii, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

History : from reel to real
The template : Robert F. Kennedy's Thirteen days
The real Robert Kennedy
The mythmaking of Robert McNamara
The forgotten voice of Dean Rusk
The erratic expertise of Llewellyn Thompson
The selective memory of McGeorge Bundy
The determined diplomacy of Adlai Stevenson
The Trollope ploy myth
An unanticipated consequence : Lyndon Johnson and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Conclusion : leadership matters
Epilogue : What if?

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