Cuba: New Book, “Khrushchev’s Cold War” · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

A new book has captured Luis M. Garcia's attention: Khrushchev’s Cold War attributes the decision to place nuclear missiles on Cuban soil at the height of the Cold War to do more with the Soviet Union wanting to be taken seriously by the U.S. and less to do with Khrushchev wanting to protect Fidel Castro.