The fires of October : the planned US invasion of Cuba during the missile crisis of 1962 / Blaine L. Pardoe.

A unique military study that chronicles the event that was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. Specifically, it covers the conflict that did not happen-the invasion of Cuba and other planned military actions where the world came perilously close to a nuclear Armageddon. Using recently de...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Pardoe, Blaine Lee, 1962- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	[Stroud, England] : Fonthill Media, 2013.
Subjects:	Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Cold War.
Physical Description:	256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format:	Book