The Cuban Missile Crisis
by Jeffrey, Gary
Series:Graphic Modern History: Cold War Conflicts
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AR Book Level
5.5
AR Points
1
Word Count
3,432
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
163421 EN
About this book
The Cuban Missile Crisis by Gary Jeffrey presents the 1962 confrontation that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in three graphic novel stories. The book depicts actual events including the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the tense thirteen-day standoff between the United States and Soviet-backed Cuba. Key historical figures including President Kennedy, Soviet Premier Khrushchev, and Cuban leader Fidel Castro are portrayed during this critical Cold War conflict.