One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Castro, 1958-1964
No other book offers this inside look at the strategies of the Soviet leadership. John F. Kennedy did not live to write his memoirs; Fidel Castro will not reveal what he knows; and the records of the Soviet Union have long been sealed from public view: Of the most frightening episode of the Cold War—the Cuban Missile Crisis—we have had an incomplete picture. When did Castro embrace the Soviet Union? What proposals were put before the Kremlin through Kennedy's back-channel diplomacy? How close...
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Based on classified Soviet archives, including the files of Nikita Khrushchev and the KGB, "One Hell of a Gamble" offers a riveting play-by-play history of the Cuban missile crisis from American and Soviet perspectives simultaneously.
Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: THE EMBRACE 1. "Where Does Castro Stand regarding Russia?" 2. Our Man in Havana 3. La Coubre 4. "Cuba Si, Yankee No!" PART II: THE CLASH 5. Bay of Pigs 6. The Education of a President 7. Condor and Mongoose 8. Trouble in the Tropics 9. The Nuclear Decision 10. Anadyr 11. "Now We Can Swat Your Ass" 12. Ex Comm 13. Missile Crisis 14. Climax of the Cold War 15. Mikoyan's Mission PART III: THE AFTERMATH 16. To the American University Speech 17. Dallas and Moscow Notes Bibliography Index
