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Aleksandr Fursenko is the author of Khrushchev (4.08 avg rating, 1532 ratings, 111 reviews, published 2003), One Hell of a Gamble (4.06 avg rating, 310...
Aug 1, 1981 · Fursenko and Naftali's 1997 book suggests a very different vision, one in which those with the theoretical power, authority and the very real nuclear weapons, were struggling to gain control and to create some kind of order.
Based on classified Soviet archives, including the files of Nikita Khrushchev and the KGB, 'One Hell of a Gamble' offers a riveting play-by-play history of the Cuban missile crisis from American and Soviet perspectives simultaneously., 'One Hell of a Gamble', Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964, Aleksandr Fursenko, Timothy Naftali ...
FURSENKO, Aleksandr (A.). Russian. Genres: History, International relations /Current affairs. Career: Historian and writer specializing in American diplomatic history; Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; former vice chair of the Leningrad Science Center presidium, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad.
ALEKSANDR FURSENKO and TIMOTHY NAFTALI The Cuban missile crisis was a severe test for the Soviet leadership. Had it succeeded, Operation 'Anadyr' would have established a significant Soviet military base in Cuba, with intermediate-range and medium-range ballistic missiles, nuclear-armed diesel submarines, bombers and over 50,000 Soviet
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Aug 17, 1998 · Aleksandr Fursenko, one of Russia’s leading historians, is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Timothy Naftali, a frequent contributor to Slate and NPR, is director...
Feb 5, 2014 · In Khrushchev's Cold War, a sequel to their international history of the Cuban missile crisis, Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali use new archival sources to provide a detailed and dramatic look through Soviet eyes at the most dangerous years of the Cold War.
Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali have penetrated both of these documentary storehouses while supplementing their findings with fresh materials from American archives. The result is a pathbreaking account of triangular relations among Moscow, Washington, and Havana in the late 1950s and early 1960s, especially during the Cuban missile crisis.
Khrushchev's Cold War. The Inside Story of an American Adversary. by Aleksandr Fursenko (Author), Timothy Naftali (Author) “Contains unsettling insights into some of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the time.”—The Economist.
