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1) Fallout
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When an unthinkable nuclear attack occurs in an alternate-reality 1962, Scott is forced into his father's bomb shelter with his family and neighbors, where they rapidly consume limited supplies and fear the worst about the fate of the world outside.
5) Countdown
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"Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear."--Dust jacket flap.
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In response to the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, the United States began a naval blockade of the island in October 1962. The blockade - called a quarantine - was aimed at preventing any additional Soviet weapons from reaching the island. After secret negotiations, the Soviet Union announced that it would withdraw its missiles from Cuba in exchange for an American promise not to invade the island.
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The United States and the Soviet Union reached the brink of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, during which U.S. warships began a naval blockade of Cuba to prevent the Soviet Union from stationing nuclear missiles in the country. During the blockade, Cuban soldiers and students prepared for a possible U.S. invasion, while the family members of U.S. forces stationed at a base at Guantanamo Bay were evacuated.
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As the U.S. representative to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson demonstrated the nation's evidence that the Soviet Union was positioning offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba. In the Kennedy administration, Stevenson was one of the few voices that argued for diplomacy rather than a strategic strike in Cuba that would disable the missiles.
15) Back channel
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"An amalgam of fact and fiction about a young black woman on whom the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis depends. October 1962. In Cuba: Soviet ships off-load what intelligence reveals to be nuclear missiles. In Washington, President Kennedy and his advisers are in furious debate over how long they can wait to discover what the Soviets intend before dropping the first bomb. And, in Ithaca, New York, Margo Jensen-a nineteen-year-old Cornell sophomore-is...
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"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance,...
20) North facing
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For one long, intense week in October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought with it an East-West stand-off and the possibility of nuclear holocaust. On the other side of the globe, in Pretoria, a group of schoolboys scan the horizon for signs that the world is about to end. There is political tension here too, and the power struggles and cruelties of the boys mirror the corruption of a deeply divided country. Paul Harvey -- sensitive, isolated, and...