Sad and Luminous Days - Cuba''s Struggle With the Superpowers After the Missile Crisis

Informationen zum Autor By James G. Blight and Philip Brenner Klappentext In tracing the developments of the Cuban Missile Crisis and beyond, this book presents and interprets a heretofore unavailable (and largely unknown) secret speech that Castro delivered to the Cuban leadership in 1968. Blight and Brenner shed new light on Cuban-Soviet relations making Sad and Luminous Days essential not only for Cold-War scholars and historians, but also for anyone intrigued by the drama of the thirteen momentous days in October 1962. Zusammenfassung In tracing the developments of the Cuban Missile Crisis and beyond! this book presents a secret speech that Castro delivered to the Cuban leadership in 1968! and discusses the Cuban-Soviet relations. It is useful for Cold-War scholars and historians! and also for anyone interested in the drama of the thirteen momentous days in October 1962. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: The Discovery and Meaning of Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 1: The October CrisisChapter 2: Fidel Castro's Secret SpeechChapter 3: October/November 1962: The Shadow of the Missile Crisis Descends on Havanna and MoscowChapter 4: June 1967-August 1968: From the Shadow of the Missile Crisis to the Shadow of the FutureEpilogue: Cuba's Struggle with the United States after the Missile Crisis: The Case for Realistic EmpathyAppendix A: Chronology of Events: 1963-1968Appendix B: Text of Letter Dated 15 November from Prime Minister Fidel Castro of Cuba to Acting Secretary General U ThantAppendix C: Speech Given By Major Fidel Castro Ruz, Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Analyzing the Events in Czechoslovakia Friday, August 23, 1968-Year of the Hero

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• Authors: James G Blight, James G. Blight, James G. Brenner Blight, Blight James G., Philip Brenner, Brenner Philip
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2007
• EAN: 9780742554993
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5499-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Cuba, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, International Relations, General & world history, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, General and world history, c 1960 to c 1969, Latin American studies