Decolonizing the Cuban missile crisis

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-577

  Laffey, Mark ^a   Weldes, Jutta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOLONIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL HISTORY; WEAPON;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 49349090740     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2008.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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