| ID | 188808 |
| Title Proper | Gambling the World |
| Other Title Information | the Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Crandall, Russell |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | From North Korea to Ukraine to Iran, the spectre of nuclear war continues to loom over global affairs. In his timely history Nuclear Folly, Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy takes a fresh and intentionally international look at one of the most fraught moments of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis. Contrary to the conventional view that US president John F. Kennedy brilliantly out-foxed his inept Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, Plokhy posits that both sides repeatedly erred and misread each other – greatly increasing the likelihood of mutual annihilation. Plokhy draws lessons from the crisis for contemporary decision-makers, noting that the power to wield nuclear weapons still resides in a small number of hands. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 65, No.1; Feb-Mar 2023: p.141-154 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol: 65 No 1 |
| Key Words | Cuban Missile Crisis ; Nikita Khrushchev ; John F. Kennedy ; Robert Kennedy ; Serhii Plokhy |