Author:
Mikoian, S. A. (Sergo Anastasovich)
Imprint:Chicago, CA : Stanford University Press, c2012.
Descriptionxxii, 589 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction : The overlooked crisis between Moscow and Havana -- Why Mikoyan? -- The journey across the ocean : the Soviet discovery of Cuba -- Ten days that changed the face of the hemisphere -- The leap over the ocean -- Operation Anadyr : military success, political trap -- When the world was hanging by a thread -- Storm clouds over Havana -- Mikoyan face to face with Fidel -- Drawing conclusions in the United States -- Postscript / by Svetlana Savranskaya.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-578) and index.
Note:300 pages of documents include: telegrams, memoranda of conversations, instructions to diplomats, etc.
