41) Essence of Decision Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis by Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 is one of the most defining moments of the 20th century in which at the height of the Cold War, the world was at the precipice of a third world war only this time with two superpowers with access to nuclear weapons.
Although really hard absorb as it is extremely academic and obviously aimed at students of international diplomacy and politics it does provide great insight into differing theories on how to handle crisis situations that have global consequences. That being said if you were looking for something that is more historical in context then certainly this one definitely isn’t the one for that


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