DEFCON-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis

DEFCON-2 : Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War

During the Cuban Missile Crisis (student 's name (university

ABSTRACT

This is a book report about DEFCON-2 : Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis by Norman Polmar and John D Gresham . In addition of giving an assessment of the said book , this also intends to relate the book with the process of intelligence gathering , particularly with the workings of the intelligence community Also , it tends to answer whether the book adds perspective in the challenges facing the United

States intelligence in the twenty-first century

DEFCON-2 : Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War

During the Cuban Missile Crisis (A Book Report

The Cold War is one of the chapters in our history where tensions between countries (or group of countries ) are at the highest . One of the most significant chapters of the Cold War when these tensions were felt was during the 1960s , in which both the United States and the former Soviet Union had already nuclear capabilities . These nuclear capabilities became the main focal point during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 when U .S . reconnaissance aircrafts discovered Soviet nuclear missile installations being constructed in Cuba and being operational in a week 's time (Chang and Kornbluh , 1998

The book began with the background on how the Cold War began along with the incidents that led to the crisis . The root cause of the crisis was traced in the imbalance ' of tactical weapons , primarily of nuclear...