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_c45.00 US
100 1 _aNASH Philip
245 0 _aThe other missiles of October:
_bEisenhower, Kennedy, and the Jupiters, 1957-1963
260 _aChapel Hill, N.C.:
_bThe University of North Carolina Press,
_c1997
300 _a232p.
520 3 _aA study of US foreign relations and defence policy under the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, which focuses on the controversial deployment of forty-five Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs); thirty in Italy and fifteen in Turkey. Their deployment was part of NATO's strategic deterrent, but they became near obsolete by the completion of deployment. They were, however, to play a significant role in the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
650 _aBALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE
650 _aCUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xDEFENCE POLICY
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xFOREIGN RELATIONS
_xSOVIET UNION
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_sY
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