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OverviewThe Cuban Missile Crisis is the term used in the west to describe the events of October 1962, described by Robert Kennedy as the world brought to the abyss of nuclear destruction and the end of mankind. This book examines the role of nuclear weapons in the light of research and to evaluate the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Len ScottPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.531kg ISBN: 9781847060266ISBN 10: 1847060269 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 23 January 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock ![]() Table of Contents1 Domain of the Scorpions; 2 Nature of the Beast; 3 Retreat of the Moles; 4 Hawks, Doves and Owls; 5 Perils of the Land Crabs; 6 Silence of the Lambs.ReviewsIn his comprehensive yet remarkably succinct new analysis of the vast literature on the missile crisis, Len Scott asks questions seldom addressed by missile-crisis scholars. His core mission is to articulate a way to think rationally about the mountains of data that have been collected on the events of October 1962...Until we begin to make progress towards radically reducing the number and usability of nuclear weapons, we will never have too many books on the Cuban missile crisis. We need to have our noses rubbed in the retrospective horror of the near miss of October 1962. In showing us why we can never rule out the possibility that something like it might happen again, Scott helps us stay focused on the need to reduce our reliance on the kind of weapons that the missile crisis was all about. -James G. Blight, International History Review, March 2009 An impressive work by a leading political scientist...masterly Reviewed by Jeremy Black, The Historical Association, 2008. Scott follows the crisis and its possible outcomes from every point of view. Reviewed by Michael Simmons in History Today, 2008 chilling testimony to the high risk of future nuclear catastrophe. Reviewed by John Moore in Morning Star, 2008 Written by Len Scott, an authoritative voice within the field of international politics and history, this thorough research into the crisis examines the actions from all sides of the conflict... Scott has produced an insightful, entertaining and comprehensive account of many facets surrounding the crisis...this book should be enjoyed by all. Reviewed by Stuart Lee in Birmingham Post, 2008 'This book is a masterpiece: a comprehensive, thoughtful investigation of world security and those who attempt to explain it. Brilliantly written, the book is breathtaking in its sweep.' - International Affairs Mentioned in Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 January 2008 [An] impressive study - Contemporary Review Without a doubt Scott has produced a volume worth careful study and consideration. The just over one hundred sixty pages of text in this volume are heavily documented with valuable references to the extant literature a literature Scott obviously knows well and the counterfactual methodology used throughout provides a useful model that others might employ with much success. -Mary Ann Heiss, The Historian, Vol. 72 In his comprehensive yet remarkably succinct new analysis of the vast literature on the missile crisis, Len Scott asks questions seldom addressed by missile-crisis scholars. His core mission is to articulate a way to think rationally about the mountains of data that have been collected on the events of October 1962...Until we begin to make progress towards radically reducing the number and usability of nuclear weapons, we will never have too many books on the Cuban missile crisis. We need to have our noses rubbed in the retrospective horror of the near miss of October 1962. In showing us why we can never rule out the possibility that something like it might happen again, Scott helps us stay focused on the need to reduce our reliance on the kind of weapons that the missile crisis was all about. -James G. Blight, International History Review, March 2009 Without a doubt Scott has produced a volume worth careful study and consideration. The just over one hundred sixty pages of text in this volume are heavily documented with valuable references to the extant literature--a literature Scott obviously knows well--and the counterfactual methodology used throughout provides a useful model that others might employ with much success. -Mary Ann Heiss, The Historian, Vol. 72 Author InformationLen Scott is Professor in International Politics at The University of Wales (Aberystwyth). He is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Wales. Between 1984-88 he was political assistant to Rt Hon Denis Healey Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |