Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Search this
Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Military leadership Search this
Physical description:
xx, 528 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Cuba
Date:
2000
1961-1963
Invasion, 1961
Contents:
Liberal anticommunism -- Beyond massive retaliation -- The third world alternative -- Policies and people -- The new strategy -- To Vienna and back -- The Berlin anomaly -- A contest of resolve -- The wall -- Tests and tension -- Flexible response -- Berlin to Cuba -- Removing Castro -- A deniable plan -- An undeniable fiasco -- Still Castro -- Mongoose -- Searching for missiles -- The options debated -- Blockade -- Military steps -- Political steps -- The denouement -- A crisis managed -- Aftermath -- Back to square one -- The Sino-Soviet split -- Toward a test ban -- The test ban treaty -- Measured response -- Counterinsurgency -- Laos -- Commitment without combat -- Deciding not to decide -- The Taylor report -- Decisions -- The influence of Laos -- In the dark -- Coersion and clients -- Diem's assasination -- Kennedy to Johnson
Topic:
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 Search this