The silent guns of two Octobers : Kennedy and Khrushchev play the double game / Theodore Voorhees, Jr.

Author: Voorhees, Theodore, Jr., 1949- author.

ImprintAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020.

Descriptionvi, 372 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Chapter 1. Kennedy Holds All the Cards -- Chapter 2. Cat-and-Mouse Games at the Berlin Wall -- Chapter 3. Superpower Smackdown : Khrushchev's boasting versus the Kennedy brothers' first-strike innuendo and caribbean war games -- Chapter 4. Both Sides Can Play Defense -- Chapter 5. A Devil's Bargain and a President's Word -- Chapter 6. Keeping the Lid On -- Chapter 7. Painted into a Corner -- Chapter 8. Composing Flat Lies -- Chapter 9. Pawn Trading -- Chapter 10. Who Plays the Berlin Card? -- Chapter 11. Spiking the Guns -- Postscript : secrecy and concealment placed a cloud over the reputations of some of the Kennedy administration's most respected officials.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-365) and index.

Note:"The Silent Guns of Two Octobers uses new documentary evidence to link the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Checkpoint Charlie tank standoff to achieve the impossible-craft a new, thoughtful, original analysis of a political showdown everyone thought they knew everything about. Ultimately the book concludes that much of the Cold War rhetoric the leaders employed was mere posturing; in reality neither had any intention of starting a nuclear war. Theodore Voorhees reexamines Khrushchev's and Kennedy's leadership, decision, and rhetoric in light of the new documentary evidence available. Voorhees examines the impact of John F. Kennedy's domestic political concerns about his upcoming first midterm elections on his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis through his use of back-channel dealings with Khrushchev during the lead-up to the crisis and in the closing days when the two leaders managed to reach a settlement"-- Provided by publisher.

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