The Cuban missile crisis October 1962
Subtitle: the U.S. and Russia face a nuclear showdown.
Series: A World focus book
Publisher: F. Watts
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Military bases, Soviet -- Cuba -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile literature; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Juvenile literature; Cuba -- History -- 1959-  -- Juvenile literature; Cuba -- History -- 1959-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Description: Describes the events that precipitated the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and analyzes the steps taken by President Kennedy to avert the threat to the security of the western hemisphere.