Cordon of Steel: The US Navy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

This study is a dramatic example of how the U.S. Navy's multipurpose ships and aircraft, flexible task organization, and great mobility enabled President Kennedy to protect national interests in one of the most serious confrontations of the Cold War. Curtis A. Utz is currently a historian in the Naval Historical Center's Contemporary History Branch.

Author: Curtis A. Utz,Naval Historical Center,United States Navy
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Published: 03/16/2005
Pages: 56
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.12d
ISBN: 9781410221230

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