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008			180130b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781477420911
050			_aE183.8.R9 _bW44 2010
100			_aWheaton, James
245			_a13 days: _b a short history of the cuban missile crisis / _cby James Wheaton
260			_aBritain : _bGolgotha press, _c2010.
300			_a24p.
500			_aThe world remembers the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis as a very close brush with nuclear war between the Cold Warís two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The reality is that the crisis was the result of a culmination of actions taken by the U.S. to strengthen its military might in the world, to a degree that left the Soviets fast falling far behind. Cuba was a pawn that was played to exact leveraged balance over the U.S. This book provides a very brief introduction to the conflict
650			_aDiplomatic relations _zCuba
650			_aMilitary bases, Soviet _zUnited States
942			_2lcc _cBK