Living the Cuban Missile Crisis: An American Teacher's Memoir
- SKU: 9798886830262
- Category: Biography, Autobiography & Memoirs, History, Politics & Social Sciences, Snag Books Bestselling Titles
In her vivid first-hand account, author Donna Searle McLay recounts the uncertainty, the confusion, and the intimate details of the voyage of several thousand civilians as the families of U.S. Navy and Marines stationed in Cuba were evacuated to Norfolk, Virginia, in October, 1962, at the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
President John F. Kennedy and Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed that nuclear war was not an option, and thus ended an international crisis, but only after days and weeks of behind-the-scenes meetings and concurrent wide-spread concerns by all.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Donna Searle McLay
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co.
Published: 05/25/2023
ISBN: 9798886830262
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d
In her vivid first-hand account, author Donna Searle McLay recounts the uncertainty, the confusion, and the intimate details of the voyage of several thousand civilians as the families of U.S. Navy and Marines stationed in Cuba were evacuated to Norfolk, Virginia, in October, 1962, at the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
President John F. Kennedy and Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed that nuclear war was not an option, and thus ended an international crisis, but only after days and weeks of behind-the-scenes meetings and concurrent wide-spread concerns by all.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Donna Searle McLay
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co.
Published: 05/25/2023
ISBN: 9798886830262
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d
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