Resurrection day is a novel written by brendan dubois in 1999. Colmans cuban missile crisis is an accessible and eminently readable book for anyone with an interest in the global perspective of one of the most important international events during the cold war era. The cuban missile crisis of october 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the united states and the soviet union during the cold war and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. Not wanting to expose what he already knew and to avoid panicking the american public,kennedy did not reveal that he was already aware of the missile buildup.
In one universe a few people survive in a timeline where the cuban missile crisis turned into full. Forget those comparisons with the cuban missile crisis. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crisis, this revised and updated edition of the cuban missile crisis is ideal for undergraduate courses on the 1960s, u. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pretty sure the book in question is brad fergusons the world next door, even though the publication predates your time frame. Kennedy relied on a history book to guide him in the cuban missile crisis and we now know that book was wrong by jordan michael smith globe correspondent. Book about an alternate history where the cuban missile crisis. The cuban missile crisis, 1962 the national security archive. He is the author of numerous books including when angels wept. World war iii in 1962, aka the cuban missile war posted in the history forum. The cuban missile crisis, october 1962 office of the historian.
Kennedy convened an informal group of cabinet officials and top civilian and military advisors the ex comm to consider and plan an appropriate response. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Harvard kennedy schools belfer center has created this site as a resource for the cuban missile crisis. It is an alternate history where the cuban missile crisis escalated to a fullscale war, the soviet union is devastated, and the united states has been reduced to a thirdrate power, relying on the united kingdom for aid. Get an answer for what did the cuban missile crisis and the vietnam war share in common. Cuban missile crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the united states and the soviet union. For the student of crisis management, for which the cuban missile crisis is held to be a model example, this book is a goldmine of useful detail and context. This book tells the story of the cuban missile crisis in 1962, the struggle that president kennedy and his advisers including the author, who was head of intelligence at the state department went through to try to understand why the soviet union had put nuclear missiles in cuba, the alternative policies they debated to deal with the presence of the missiles, the aftermath of the crisis, and. Michael dobbs has pored over previously untapped american, soviet and cuban sources to provide the most authoritative book yet on the cuban missile crisis. Rhett and jaime have truly crafted a loveletter to scifi fans with the luna missile crisis. Reading lists cuban missile crisiscuban missile crisis. The cuban missile crisis origins, course and aftermath.
He purposes an alternate timeline for the cuban missile crisis. This book is a wonderful alternate history book looking at the cuban missile crisis of 1962 and imagining how it could have gone very differently between the us and ussr. This book is a wonderful alternate history book looking at the cuban missile crisis of 1962 and imagining how. The post crisis removal of krushchev was the primary reason i introduced the moscow plotters into the tl. These missiles would have been capable of quickly reaching the united states. The cuban missile crisis revisited and reinterpreted 3 the core mythology enveloping and distorting our understanding of the missile crisis has been that produced by the selfserving assertions of robert kennedys thirteen days, created at a time when the new york senator was gearing up to run for the. In total, 20 of the soviet unions october 1962 total of 26 icbms will reach their targets.
The postcrisis removal of krushchev was the primary reason i introduced the moscow plotters into the tl. Even now, fresh history continues to blow holes in what we thought we knew. By the book, it takes fifteen minutes to fire the thor from its horizontal. In 1961 at the bay of pigs, ciatrained and organized cuban exiles aiming to overthrow fidel castro were soundly defeated. A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis, which won the 2010 sidewise award in alternate history, and survive the bomb.
This book was published in the last decade, probably in the last five years. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is wrong. A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis, historian swedin posits a shocking apocalyptic vision in an alternate history retelling of the cuban missile crisis. A concise history, second edition, don munton and david a. A wellwritten alternate history of the result of the cuban crisis going nuclear. Examines one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in world history. Two years ago, i wrote a whatif history book based on the premise that the cuban missile crisis escalated into a general nuclear war. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Were talking alternate history, battletoad aliens with super cool guns and glowing radioactive fields full of zombies. The story, if i remember correctly, takes place in the present meaning when the book was published. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company. The cuban missile crisis, 1962, according to the stanford journal of international affairs, is a collection which students of the crisis, scholars of international relations, and even interested laymen should find fascinating and invaluable.
The captain, believing war had already broken out between america and the ussr, prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo at. But the cuban missile crisis did not replicate on the beach, and so thoughts about a cuban missile war passed unobtrusively into history. In response to the bay of pigs invasion and other american actions against cuba as well as to president kennedys buildup in italy and turkey of u. Whats the population of the world if the cuban missile crisis went. The cuban missile war timeline alternate history discussion. The few cuban regulars in the area have none of the new soviet rpg7s, and the rpg2s they have been supplied lack the range to knock out american tanks conveniently. List of books and articles about cuban missile crisis. The cuban missile crisis involved a single discrete set of circumstances.
Positing an alternate history helps us better appreciate the dangers of that tense time. Inside the white house during the cuban missile crisis. Presidential decisionmaking and its effect on military employment during the kennedy administration fidel castro, domino theory, covert operations, khrushchev. What if the cuban missile crisis led to war alternate. If war is at hand, kennedy thinks, those missiles must not leave the ground. Crisis, which won the 2010 sidewise award in alternate history, and. An alternate history novel of the cuban missile crisis book online at best prices in india on. For days in october 1962, the united states and the soviet union appeared to hover on the brink of war. The authors draw on newly available documents to provide a comprehensive treatment of its causes, events, consequences, and significance. Solutions for all history grade 12 learners book converted. It is written from the point of view of a historian in the alternate history and.
It is written from the point of view of a historian in the alternate history and employs. His captains use of common sense over 50 years ago may have saved the world from a nuclear apocalypse. Eyeball to eyeball an alternate cuban missile crisis. From the pentagons sensitive records secret notes by deputy secretary roswell gilpatric show early interest in trade of u. The theme of thirteen days in my point of view was that russia was not going to scare the usa even though they had put missile in cuba and could kill millions of people. The cuban missile crisis 50th anniversary national security. Jun 09, 2014 the group concludes that it was a seminal moment in not only american history but global history. These are tough questions to answer, but we try our best to analyze the. What if the cuban missile crisis turned into full scale. The most intense period of the cold war came during the cuban missile crisis on oct. Thirtysix years after the cuban missile crisis, these declassified documents stand as testament to just how dangerously close the world came to nuclear destruction in 1962, and challenge the official history of the event as a model of crisis management. The crucible of the cuban missile crisis captured the attention of president kennedy and premier khrushchev and forced them to prioritize world stability over national rights. The book amply covers the background to the cuban crisis although the novel resurrection day by brendan dubois provides a more substantial example of the result of this on a postus and elsewhere.
In his hourbyhour chronicle of those nearfatal days, dobbs reveals some startling new incidents that show how close we came to armageddon. Here, as the situation escalates, that sense of percieved failure is going. The fiftieth anniversary of the cuban missile crisis just passed and america justly. What if the cuban missile crisis led to war the most intense period of the cold war came during the cuban missile crisis on oct.
The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of john f. Oh, and despite the standard disclaimers, any characters resembling persons living or. The standard history of the cuban missile crisis, based on selective memoires by u. Oct 14, 2012 lessons from the cuban missile crisis fifty years ago, a united states air force u2 spyplane captured photographic proof that the soviet union was installing offensive nuclear missile sites in. This is a list of nuclear based alternative histories. His publications include numerous articles, six history books, four science fiction novels, and a historical mystery novel.
History grade 12 notes and textbook internet archive. The radioactive citizens guide to nuclear survival. Eyeball to eyeball an alternate cuban missile crisis series book 1 kindle edition by niles, douglas. At midday, and again in the early evening of october 16, 1962, john f. A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis eric g. First strike attempts to bring a peaceful end to the cuban missile crisis fail resulting in a nuclear confrontation between the two superpowers. Similarly, eight concrete missile silos blow their rocketpropelled hatches clear and fire their missiles. His doctorate is in the history of science and technology. The cuban missile crisis edinburgh university press. Kennedy, cuban missile crisisrelated film screenings, and a program with the authors of the armageddon letters. Jupiter missiles for soviet missile in cuba, even a status change for guantanamo, as basis of a settlement, presaging elements of the secret deal that helped end the crisis. Designed to help policymakers, students, and interested citizens draw lessons from these critical events half a century ago, this site not only provides background on the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster in october 1962 but also offers tools to understand how. One of the best althistory timelines i have ever read.
What did the cuban missile crisis and the vietnam war share. In 1962 at the height of the cuban missile crisis, poor communications misleads kennedy and khrushchev to escalate the situation and both sides begin to prepare their nuclear arsons. If you re not wholly familiar with the background of the cuban missile crisis, the book. Khrushchevs secret dispatch of nuclear missiles to fidel castros revolutionary cuba and us president john f. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the cuban missile crisis into a brief narrative history. Cuban missile crisis leading up to october 1962 1 soviet nuclear missiles in cuba 2 the quarantine 3 raising the stakes 4 maximum danger averted 5 understanding the crisis 6 bibliography 7 perhaps no single event in the history of the cold war 8 presented as great a challenge to w. This book, with its focus on the cuban missile crisis and niles clear mastery of the intricacies of the cold war strategies that underpinned that troubling time in world history, is a stand out work. Oct 01, 1998 thirtysix years after the cuban missile crisis, these declassified documents stand as testament to just how dangerously close the world came to nuclear destruction in 1962, and challenge the official history of the event as a model of crisis management. The cuban missile war timeline by amerigo vespucci, from the alternate history forums yulis preface. Nuclear alternative history alternative history fandom.
Cuban mobilization continues at a high rate, but cuban forces have strict orders not to fire unless fired upon. The first half of the book was accurate history, with a few changes to match the narrative of fictional history in the second half of the book. Book about an alternate history where the cuban missile. A whatif history of the cuban missile crisis earned the 2010 sidewise award for best alternate history novel. The cuban missile crisis began for the united states on the morning of october 16, when president kennedy was informed of the discovery of missile sites in cuba by u2 surveillance aircraft. Most of what you know about the cuban missile crisis is. What if the cuban missile crisis had turned into a full scale war. An alternate cuban missile crisis series book 1 by douglas niles.
The cuban missile crisis hardcover jonathan colman. A national security archive documents reader national security archive documents readers 2rev ed by peter kornbluh, laurence chang, laurence chang, peter kornbluh isbn. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. Kennedy called together a group of his closest advisers at the white house. The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. The cuban missile crisis occurred during jfks presidency when the us discovered the placement of soviet missiles in cuba. Get the story of the dramatic faceoff that nearly ended in nuclear war, as told by musician and artist jeffrey lewis. In a tv address on october 22, 1962, president john kennedy 191763. An insiders look at the cuban missile crisis from the point of view of robert f. While participants and historians of the crisis never tire of recalling its details and its dangers, the majority of the generation that lived through it, and subsequent generations, never became emotionally. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading eyeball to eyeball an alternate cuban missile crisis series book.
Belfer centers top 10 books on the cuban missile crisis belfer centers catalog of reading on nuclear danger today john f. An alternate cuban missile crisis series by douglas niles. Jfk and the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis norton, 2012. The author eric swedin is an associate professor in the history department at weber state university and this book won the 2010 sidewise award for best alternate history novel.
Cia documents on the cuban missile crisis, 1962 declassified version, 1992, by united states central intelligence agency, ed. On october 18, kennedy met with soviet minister of foreign affairs, andrei gromyko, who claimed the weapons were for defensive purposes only. Should the united states use force to remove soviet missiles from cuba. After several days of increasing tensions, the soviet union finally agreed to remove the missiles. Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the cold war that brought the united states and the soviet union to the brink of a shooting war in october 1962 over the presence of soviet nucleararmed missiles in cuba. Everything is going as in the otl for the missile crisis, until kennnedys give in to the demands of the generals when they discover ss4 sandal sites on cuba and order airstrikes for 48 hrs followed by an invasion to take the island and overthrow castro.
National archives opens new cuban missile crisis exhibit in. Kennedy presidential library and museum the cuban missile crisis, october 1962. In otl, krushchevs economic and agricultural reform failures backlit his percieved failure in the cuban missile crisis. The soviet government has refused to pull their missiles out of cuba. Washington, dcthe national archives presents a free series of programs in october 2012, including a special panel discussion featuring opening remarks from caroline kennedy and the new book listening in. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Putnams sons in 2003, isbn 0399150919, and this book as well as its two predecessors, what if. Provides detailed information on the events that took place during the cuban missile crisis in 1962. Of course, had there been no cuban crisis, there would have been no. The cuban militiamen have virtually no weapons that can reliably disable the american tanks, and are forced to retreat in the face of superior firepower. This exceptional historyalternate history book chilled me to the core.
Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. So what would have happened if the cuban missile crisis had escalated. The cuban war started in march 1963, after the soviet union refused to remove its missiles from cuba in january 1963. On october 15, 1962, the soviet union was discovered attempting to install nuclear missiles in cuba. An alternate history in which during the cuban missile crisis escalates into nuclear war in our timeline, during the crisis, the soviet submarine b59 was cornered by us warships which attempted to force the submarine to surface for identification with depth charges. President trumps threat to unleash the greatest fire and fury in history against north korea has prompted many hasty comparisons to the cuban missile crisis. How realistic would the population be if the cuban missile crisis escalated to a global war which then became a nuclear war, killing millions of people.