ASIN: B00HE601W0
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 50
*Includes pictures.*Includes descriptions of the crisis written by important officials.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents. “For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” – President John F. Kennedy, June 1963When young president John F. Kennedy came to power in 1961, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was eager to test his mettle from the start, and Khrushchev’s belief that he could push the inexperienced American leader around grew in the wake of the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the inconclusive Vienna summit in June 1961 that left Kennedy complaining to his brother Bobby that Khrushchev was "like dealing with Dad. All give and no take." Given the events of the previous year, 1962 saw Khrushchev made his most ...
