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12 incredible facts about the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Examines the 12 most amazing facts about the Cuban missile crisis. Full-color spreads provide information about the events critical moments, key players, and lasting effects paired with interesting...
Examines the 12 most amazing facts about the Cuban missile crisis. Full-color spreads provide information about the events critical moments, key players, and lasting effects paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and a timeline.
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- Creator
- by Sue Bradford Edwards
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- Language
- English
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- North Mankato, MN : 12-Story Library, an imprint of Peterson Publishing Company, [2016]
- ©2016
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- 32 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1632351277, 9781632351272, 1632351706, 9781632351708
- OCLC
- ocn921866863
- Produced for 12-Story Library by Red Line Editorial.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
- Europe is divided after WWII -- World wages cold war -- Fidel Castro seizes power -- Kennedy brothers come to DC -- United States fails at Bay of Pigs -- Khrushchev calls for respect -- Plane spies missiles in Cuba -- EXCOMM and Kennedy consider the options -- Missiles capable of destroying US cities -- US Navy quarantines Cuba -- Cubans down US plane -- Crisis serves as a warning -- 12 key dates
Subjects
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Juvenile literature.
- World politics -- 1955-1965 -- Juvenile literature.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile literature.
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
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- World politics -- 1955-1965.
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- International relations.
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