The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis

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"The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis" is a historical work presenting transcriptions and analysis of secretly recorded White House meetings that reveal the inner deliberations of President John F. Kennedy and his advisers during the 1962 nuclear standoff with the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
oral history ⓘ
aimsTo reveal internal U.S. government deliberations during the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
documents White House strategy discussions about Soviet missiles in Cuba ⓘ
meetings between John F. Kennedy and his advisers ⓘ
features editorial analysis of presidential deliberations ⓘ
transcriptions of secretly recorded White House meetings ⓘ
focusesOn ExComm (Executive Committee of the National Security Council) ⓘ
linked to: ExComm

inner deliberations of U.S. leadership ⓘ
genre diplomatic history ⓘ
military history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
historicalSignificance offers insight into John F. Kennedy’s leadership style ⓘ
provides direct evidence of high-level U.S. crisis management ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers interested in Cold War history ⓘ
historians ⓘ
students of international relations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
portrays crisis decision-making under nuclear threat ⓘ
primarySourceType secret White House audio recordings ⓘ
provides verbatim dialogue among top U.S. officials ⓘ
relatedEvent Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
relatedOrganization Soviet Union government ⓘ
linked to: Soviet government

United States government ⓘ
White House ⓘ
relatedPerson John F. Kennedy ⓘ
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
linked to: Nikita Khrushchev
setting Executive Committee of the National Security Council meetings ⓘ
White House ⓘ
sourceMaterial secret recordings made in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room ⓘ
subject Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
John F. Kennedy ⓘ
United States–Soviet relations ⓘ
White House decision-making ⓘ
nuclear crisis management ⓘ
theme civil-military relations ⓘ
crisis diplomacy ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
presidential leadership ⓘ
secrecy and surveillance in government ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1962 ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
title The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

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