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Silent Guns of Two Octobers

Theodore Voorhees
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      The Silent Guns of Two Octobers uses new as well as previously under-appreciated documentary evidence to link the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Checkpoint Charlie tank standoff to achieve the impossible—craft a new, thoughtful, original analysis of a political showdown everyone thought they knew everything about. Ultimately the book concludes that much of the Cold War rhetoric the leaders employed was mere posturing; in reality neither had any intention of starting a nuclear war. Theodore Voorhees reexamines Khrushchev’s and Kennedy’s leadership, decision, and rhetoric in light of the new documentary evidence available. Voorhees examines the impact of John F. Kennedy's domestic political concerns about his upcoming first midterm elections on his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis through his use of back-channel dealings with Khrushchev during the lead-up to the crisis and in the closing days when the two leaders managed to reach a settlement.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Theodore Voorhees EAN: 9780472038718 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Michigan Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-09-27 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      United States of America, USA, USSR, Soviet Union, Political science and theory, International relations, History of the Americas

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      Theodore Voorhees, Jr. is Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP.
      The Silent Guns of Two Octobers uses new as well as previously under-appreciated documentary evidence to link the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Checkpoint Charlie tank standoff to achieve the impossible—craft a new, thoughtful, original analysis of a political showdown everyone thought they knew everything about. Ultimately the book concludes that much of the Cold War rhetoric the leaders employed was mere posturing; in reality neither had any intention of starting a nuclear war. Theodore Voorhees reexamines Khrushchev’s and Kennedy’s leadership, decision, and rhetoric in light of the new documentary evidence available. Voorhees examines the impact of John F. Kennedy's domestic political concerns about his upcoming first midterm elections on his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis through his use of back-channel dealings with Khrushchev during the lead-up to the crisis and in the closing days when the two leaders managed to reach a settlement.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Theodore Voorhees EAN: 9780472038718 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Michigan Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-09-27 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, USSR, Soviet Union, Political science and theory, International relations, History of the Americas

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      Theodore Voorhees, Jr. is Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP.

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