Talk at the Brink
In October 1962, the fate of the world hung on the American response to the discovery of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. That response was informed by hours of discussions between John F. Kennedy and his top advisers. What those advisers did not know was that President Kennedy was secretly taping their talks, providing future scholars with a rare inside look at high-level political deliberation in a moment of crisis. Talk at the Brink is the first book to examine these historic audio recordings from a sociological perspective. It reveals how conversational practices and dynamics shaped Kennedy's perception of the options available to hi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4008-4243-8
- EAN: 9781400842438
- Produktnummer: 14002938
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
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David R. Gibson
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