The Cuban Missile Crisis: Looking Back

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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Looking Back

Last Free Dates: 24th Dec 14 to 28th Dec 14
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......a fairly shallow read, not particularly easy to follow, and there are better sources out there....

This is a very short read indeed. It is an essay covering the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Regrettably it lacks depth and the writing style is rather flat. It reads rather like a school essay, instead of a book. There are footnotes throughout (e.g. “Crisis 33”) but they don’t link to anything or show source material. Instead of exploring all sides of the argument, it takes the view that Kennedy saved the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis and neglects to mention the presence of sane heads on both sides.

Free or not, if you want ten detailed pages on the Cuban Missile Crisis, I’d suggest visiting wikipedia instead of this. It was a fairly shallow read, not particularly easy to follow, and there are better sources out there.

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Discussion

Tregaron (23 March 2017)
As I recall, the debate was whether this was either someone's quick essay or a CC/PLR piece.

C. Lee McKenzie (25 March 2017)
I thought Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis was an interesting read. It revealed a lot about the leadership style of Kennedy and the minefield of deliberations during that crisis. I liked the writing style and it was a perfect book to take with me to Cuba.

jessica (25 March 2017)
*I thought Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis was an interesting read.* Do you have a link? It sounds much better than this one was :)

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