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"In 1963, President Kennedy gave the commencement address at the American University in Washington, DC. The Cuban Missile Crisis had forced him to reexamine the Cold War and his onetime foe Nikita Khrushchev. Those tense thirteen days in October 1962 had brought both leaders closer together as the world itself drew perilously close to nuclear war. JFK had pushed for direct contact with his Soviet counterpart and had a special hotline installed between...
46) Gambling with Armageddon: nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962
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"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...
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Scope and content: Larry Patterson shares with his grandson, Alex Williams, memories of his achievements; travel experiences; marriage and children; military service during Vietnam; health and medical issues; political beliefs; family and early childhood; religious beliefs; career; residences; pets; hobbies; education; community involvement; family history and traditions; and favorite stories. He also shares memories of historical events during...