ESSENCE OF DECISIONExplainingtheCubanMissileCrisis

Second Edition

Graham AllisonHarvard UniversitY

Philip ZelikowUniversitY of Virginia

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Essence of decision: explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis / GrahamT. Allison, Philip D. Zelikow. - 2nd ed.p. cm.

Includes index.ISBN 0-321-01349-21. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.I. Zelikow, Philip, 1954-.

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