ch. 1 Background to the Crisis
U.S.-Cuban Relations in Historical Perspective
The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose
The Soviet Decision to Deploy
ch. 2 Deployment and Discovery
Details of the Deployment
The Intelligence Game of Cat and Mouse
ch. 3 From Discovery to Blockade
The Storm Before the Calm
Khrushchev and Kennedy Waver
Removing the Missiles from Cuba
The Domestic and International Public Reaction
Steps Toward Detente: The Hot Line and Test Ban
Conclusion The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years Later
Early Treatments of the Crisis
The Second Wave: "Critical Oral History"
Document Collections and Websites
