| Sad and Luminous Days: Cuba's Struggle with the Superpowers After the Missile Crisis Contributor(s): Blight, James G. (Author), Brenner, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742554996 ISBN-13: 9780742554993 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: In tracing the developments of the Cuban Missile Crisis and beyond, this book presents and interprets a heretofore unavailable (and largely unknown) secret speech that Castro delivered to the Cuban leadership in 1968. Blight and Brenner shed new light on Cuban-Soviet relations making Sad and Luminous Days essential not only for Cold-War scholars and historians, but also for anyone intrigued by the drama of the thirteen momentous days in October 1962. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 327.729 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.8" W x 8.72" (0.95 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In October 1962 school children huddled under their desks and diplomats feverishly negotiated as the world sat on the brink of nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous moment in modern history and resulted in a changed worldview for the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba. In tracing the developments of the missile crisis and beyond, Sad and Luminous Days presents and interprets a heretofore unavailable (and largely unknown) secret speech that Castro delivered to the Cuban leadership in 1968. In it, Castro reflects on the crisis and reveals the distrust and bitterness that characterized Cuban-Soviet relations in 1968. Blight and Brenner frame the annotated speech with an examination of the missile crisis itself, and an analysis of Cuban-Soviet relations between 1962-1968, ending with an epilogue that highlights the lessons the missile crisis offers us in the current search for security and a stable world order. Sad and Luminous Days sheds new light on Cuban-Soviet relations and should be required reading not only for Cold-War scholars and historians, but also for anyone intrigued by the drama of the thirteen momentous days in October 1962. |