Nuclear folly: (Record no. 46951)

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control field 46951
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781324035985 (pbk.)
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 972.4 PLO
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Personal name PLOKHY Serhii
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Title Nuclear folly:
Remainder of title a history of the Cuban missile crisis/
Statement of responsibility, etc. by Serhii Plokhy
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. W. W. Norton & Company,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [2021]
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Extent xx, 444 pages: maps; 21 cm.
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index
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Summary, etc. A dramatic re-creation and urgent examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must return to the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nuclear Folly offers an international perspective on the crisis, tracing the tortuous decision-making that produced and then resolved it, involving John Kennedy and his advisers, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, and their commanders on the ground. More often than not, the Americans and Soviets misread each other, operated under false information, and came perilously close to nuclear catastrophe. Despite these errors, nuclear war was avoided for one central reason: fear. Serhii Plokhy masterfully illustrates the drama and anxiety of those tense days, and provides a way for us to grapple with the problems posed in our present day.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962
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Topical term or geographic name entry element COLD WAR
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Topical term or geographic name entry element NUCLEAR CRISIS CONTROL
General subdivision HISTORY
Chronological subdivision 20TH CENTURY
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Topical term or geographic name entry element INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
General subdivision HISTORY
Chronological subdivision 20TH CENTURY
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Geographic subdivision UNITED STATES
General subdivision FOREIGN RELATIONS
Chronological subdivision 1961-1963
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Geographic subdivision CUBA
General subdivision FOREIGN RELATIONS
Chronological subdivision 1959-1990
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Geographic subdivision SOVIET UNION
General subdivision FOREIGN RELATIONS
Chronological subdivision 1953-1975
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah - Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies Library Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah - Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies Library On-Shelf 19/12/2023 Donated by Brigedier General (B) Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Alirupendi   972.4 PLO 80019-3001 22/04/2024 1 22/04/2024 Book