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Author:

Bryan, Bethany,.

Title:

The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis / Bethany Bryan.

Publisher:

Cavendish Square

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Young adult literature.
Cuba--History--Invasion, 1961--Young adult literature.

Other Authors:

Bryan, Bethany., New York : Cavendish Square Publishing, [2018].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107) and index.

Contents:

Mounting tensions -- The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- The faces of the Cold War -- Negotiation and innovation -- The legacy of the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Summary:

United States president John F. Kennedy advocated an invasion of Cuba. Led by anti-Castro supporters, the Bay of Pigs invasion was unsuccessful. Castro understood the invasion as an attempt to overthrow his government. After this unsuccessful event, the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union came close to a nuclear confrontation. This book takes a closer look at this dramatic conflict and the tensions that emerged from the threat of nuclear power.

Series:

Cold War chronicles, The

ISBN:

1502628635
9781502628633

OCLC:

(OCoLC)965922442

LCCN:

2016056236

Locations:

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)