The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory: Myths versus Reality by Sheldon M.

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This book completely transforms our understanding of the actual roles that each of the principal EXCOMM members played in the decision making process that led to a peaceful resolution of the Cuban missile crisis.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

This book exposes the misconceptions, half-truths, and outright lies that have shaped the still dominant but largely mythical version of what happened in the White House during those harrowing two weeks of secret Cuban missile crisis deliberations. A half-century after the event it is surely time to demonstrate, once and for all, that RFK's Thirteen Days and the personal memoirs of other ExComm members cannot be taken seriously as historically accurate accounts of the ExComm meetings.

Author Biography

Sheldon M. Stern taught U.S. history at the college level for more than a decade before becoming historian at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts from 1977 to 2000. He was the first non-member of the ExComm, as well as the first historian, to listen to and evaluate all the secret White House tape recordings made during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Stern is the author of Averting the Final Failure: John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings (2003), and The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (2005), both in the Stanford University Press Nuclear Age Series.

Review

"[Stern's] new book marshals irrefutable evidence to succinctly demolish the mythic version of the crisis ... Reached through sober analysis." - Benjamin Schwarz, The Atlantic "Stern is not alone in questioning the precision of the transcripts offered, but he has made the most painstaking attempt to clarify what was really said and done." - Alice George, Journal of American History "Timed for the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Stern... exposes myths about the crisis. [He] provides an important interpretation grounded in careful research." - Karl Helicher, Library Journal "The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory offers a compelling reassessment of [the] events [of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis]. Using tapes of ExComm meetings (the ad hoc group formed to meet the crisis), Stern challenges much of the received wisdom. In particular, he rejects Robert F. Kennedy's dovish self-portrayal in Thirteen Days (1969), finding instead a consistent hardliner who, for instance, opposed an American naval blockade in favor of air strikes." - James Clyde Sellman, Colloquy "In Stern's judgment, President Kennedy displayed leadership, remaining calm during the crisis and staring down his belligerent civilian advisers and the Joint Chiefs of Staff... Recommended." - S. G. Rabe, CHOICE

Long Description

This book exposes the misconceptions, half-truths, and outright lies that have shaped the still dominant but largely mythical version of what happened in the White House during those harrowing two weeks of secret Cuban missile crisis deliberations. A half-century after the event it is surely time to demonstrate, once and for all, that RFK's Thirteen Days and the personal memoirs of other ExComm members cannot be taken seriously as historically accurate accounts of the ExComm meetings.

Review Quote

"Timed for the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Stern. . . exposes myths about the crisis. [He] provides an important interpretation grounded in careful research."

Details ISBN0804783772 Author Sheldon M. Stern Short Title CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS IN AMER M Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804783772 ISBN-13 9780804783774 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2012-09-05 Subtitle Myths versus Reality UK Release Date 2012-09-05 AU Release Date 2012-09-05 NZ Release Date 2012-09-05 US Release Date 2012-09-05 Pages 208 Series Stanford Nuclear Age Series Alternative 9780804783767 DEWEY 972.9106/4 Audience General Illustrations 8 illustrations We've got this

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