A dramatic re-creation and urgent examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must return to the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuba...(展开全部)

A dramatic re-creation and urgent examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must return to the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuba...(展开全部)

Nearly sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Serhi Plokhii, the author of multiple groundbreaking books on Soviet history, once again uses newly released KGB archives to offer a new perspective: In gripping, granular detail, he shows us just how close the U.S. and the Soviet Union came to armageddon. At a moment when nuclear technology is still spreading, Nuclear Folly re...(展开全部)

The unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the thirteen days i n October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In a clear and simple record, he descr...(展开全部)

The unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the thirteen days i n October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In a clear and simple record, he descr...(展开全部)

One of the most influental political science works written in the post World War II era, the original edition of Essence of Decision is a unique and fascinating examination of the pivotal event of the cold Cold War. Not simply revised, but completely re-written, the Second Edition of this classic text is a fresh reinterpretation of the theories and events surrounding the Cuban ...(展开全部)

罗伯特·F.肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy） 美国当代政治家，20世纪60年代美国政坛风云人物。1961年至1964年担任美国司法部长，辅佐其兄长约翰·F.肯尼迪总统，在化解1962年古巴导弹危机的历史性时刻发挥了重要作用。1965年开始以纽约州联邦参议员身份履职国会，在任内成为越南战争重要的批评者。1968年参选总统，是年6月初，他刚赢得民主党加利福尼亚州预选的胜利，便在洛杉矶遇刺身亡。

In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes the hour-by-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy.

作者：[美]沙希利·浦洛基（Serhii Plokhy） 哈佛大学乌克兰史米哈伊洛·赫鲁舍夫斯基讲席教授、哈佛大学乌克兰研究中心主任，生于俄罗斯，成长于乌克兰，专攻东欧思想、文化、国际关系史，著有《雅尔塔：改变世界格局的八天》《大国的崩溃：苏联解体的台前幕后》等十余部专 著，获奖众多，包括非虚构类两大标杆奖项莱昂内尔·盖尔伯奖与贝利·吉福德奖，以及俄罗斯研究领域的权威奖项普希金图书奖，他也是唯一两获普希金图书奖的获奖者。 译者： 宋虹，上海大学英美文学专业硕士，主要作品有《大国的崩溃——苏联解体的台前幕后》等。 崔瑞，香港城市大学语文学翻译与传译硕士。

Among books on the arms race, Donald MacKenzie's stands out for its welcome demystification of the "black box" of nuclear weapons technology. MacKenzie follows one line of technology - strategic ballistic missile guidance - through a succession of weapons systems to reveal the ordinary workings of a world that is neither awesome nor unstoppable. He uncovers the parameters, the ...(展开全部)