The Week the World Stood Still
Subtitle: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780804750776
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; United States - 20th Century/60s; c 1960 to c 1970; Foreign relations; Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba; National security; History - General History; Kennedy, John F; History: American; Central America; USA; History; Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age; History / World; United States; 1961-1963; National Security Council (U.S; United States - 20th Century; (John Fitzgerald),; 1917-1963; Cuba-crisis.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Decision making; gtt
First sentence: In the summer of 1973, the nation was captivated by the televised "Watergate" hearings into charges of illegal activities in Richard Nixon's White House.