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    Author(s): John Edward Wilz


    Review by: John Edward Wilz
    Source: The Journal of American History, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Jun., 1990), p. 367
    Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of Organization of American Historians
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    Book Reviews

    367

    TheCubanMissileCrisis.Secondedition.Ed.
    by RobertA. Divine. (New York:Markus
    Wiener,1988.iv + 360pp. Cloth,$21.95;paper,$11.95.)

    Jupitermissilesin Turkey.The Paterson-Brophyessay,publishedin theJournalofAmerican Historyin 1986, measuresthe extentto


    which partisanpolitical considerationsinfluenced Kennedy's diplomacy regarding the
    of deploymentof Sovietmissilesin Cuba. Pubconfrontation
    superpower
    Themostchilling
    thenuclearage,theCuban missilecrisishas lishedin WorldPoliticsin 1975,Nathan'sessay
    duringthepast argues that Kennedy'shard-lineresponseto
    renewedattention
    generated
    twoorso years.In March1987,at Hawk'sCay the deploymentof Soviet missiles "riveted
    and top officials Americanexpectationsto thenecessitiesofthe
    in theFloridaKeys,scholars
    weighedthe diplomacyof violence" and, accordingly,inof the Kennedyadministration
    ofOctober1962duringthreedaysofin- fluencedthe decisionsof LyndonB. Johnson
    events
    In October1987,threeex- thatresultedin thetragicmilitaryinvolvement
    discussion.
    tensive
    theSovietUnion,threeofPresident by the United States in Vietnam.
    pertsfrom
    The second editionof Divine's The Cuban
    and sevadvisers,
    principal
    JohnF. Kennedy's
    eral Americanscholarsassembledin Cam- MissileCrisisthuscombineswithtwootherrethemissile centlypublished volumes,RaymondL. Gartto consider
    bridge,Massachusetts,
    hoff'sReflectionson the Cuban Missile Crisis
    crisis.Then in January1989,men who had
    ofpowerinWashington, (1987) and James G. Blight and David A.
    beennearthecenters
    Welch'sOn theBrink(1989) to offer
    anyreader
    and Havanain October1962metin
    Moscow,
    ofthatmem- who wishes to explore the missile crisisthe
    Moscowtoassessagaintheevents
    prospectof a fairnumberof hoursof instrucorableautumn.
    abouttheHawk's tive and stimulatingreading.
    Savefora fewparagraphs
    in the editor'sintroductory
    Cay discussions
    John EdwardWilz
    comments,
    the secondeditionof RobertA.
    Indiana University
    Divine'sThe Cuban MissileCrisisdoes not
    Bloomington

    andconclutakeintoaccounttheobservations
    attheHawk'sCay
    sionssetoutbyparticipants
    fVar:
    TheRoadtoStalemate
    Johnson's
    conferences.
    and Cambridge
    (The conference Lyndon
    Berman.
    (NewYork:NorByLarry
    ofcourse,tookplaceafter
    at Moscow,
    publica- in Vietnam.
    for ton,1989.xviii+ 254 pp. $18.95.)
    tionofDivine'sbook.)Thatisunfortunate,
    ofinteresting
    and
    madea variety
    theconferees
    war.This is America's
    points.Still,thesecondeditionof "Thisis notJohnson's
    provocative
    shoutedto
    book. war,"an angryLyndonB.Johnson
    The CubanMissileCrisisis a first-rate
    in
    Roberts
    Chalmers
    Postreporter
    It includesDivine'sfifty-page
    essayfromthe Washington
    Bermandemonstrates
    excerpts October1967.AsLarry
    first
    edition(1971),whichhaslengthy
    ElieAbel, convincingly,
    waswrong.It was
    thepresident
    frombooksbyTheodoreSorensen,
    forit.
    and RobertF. Kennedy,as well as contem- hiswar,andhehastobeheldresponsible
    In an earlierbook, Planninga Tragedy
    and reports.Essaysand
    porarystatements
    statements
    AlsopandCharlesBart- (1982),Bermanused materialat theLyndon
    byStewart
    Library
    to showhowthepresident
    President
    Kennedy, B.Johnson
    lett,NikitaKhrushchev,
    in
    thedecisionforescalation
    Adam Ulam, I. F. Stone, Dean Acheson, hadorchestrated
    his
    carefully
    to preserve
    1965,maneuvering
    RonaldSteel,RogerHilsman,and othersalso
    to surwhilerefusing
    edition.Newinthisbook, GreatSocietyreforms
    appearedinthefirst
    introduction, rendercontrolof SouthVietnamto Hanoi.
    apartfroma revisedfive-page
    once
    aheadto1967and1968,Berman
    undertheheadingof"Scholar- Jumping
    arethreeessays
    at the
    Tho- againrelieson therichdocumentation
    byBarton
    J.Bernstein,
    lyReassessment"
    Library
    tofocuson thedilemmathat
    and WilliamJ. Brophy,
    and Johnson
    masG. Paterson
    forhimself-howtomaintain
    JamesA. Nathan.Publishedin thePolitical LBJhadcreated
    ofSouthVietnamwithout
    in 1980,Bernstein's
    ScienceQuarterly
    essay theindependence
    NorthVietnam.His goals were
    on
    destroying
    oftheinfluence
    an incisive
    discussion
    offers
    in October1962ofthe laudable-to defenda smallnationunderatKennedy's
    diplomacy
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