The Cuban Missile Crisis in American memory : myths versus reality /
Sheldon M. Stern.
- viii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Stanford nuclear age series .
- Stanford nuclear age series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-188) and index.
History : from reel to real -- The template : Robert F. Kennedy's Thirteen days -- The real Robert Kennedy -- The mythmaking of Robert McNamara -- The forgotten voice of Dean Rusk -- The erratic expertise of Llewellyn Thompson -- The selective memory of McGeorge Bundy -- The determined diplomacy of Adlai Stevenson -- The Trollope ploy myth -- Lyndon Johnson and the Cuban Missile Crisis : an unanticipated consequence? -- Conclusion : Leadership matters -- Epilogue : What if?