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Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond by Martin A. Lee
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The Orchard ~ Lizz Wright
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One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964: The Secret History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Aleksandr Fursenko

 
4.0 out of 5 stars Making the world safe for Fidel, July 2, 2008
This is a pretty essential book for understanding the Crisis as well as the Cold War and a real turning point in it. The authors do a great job of describing, based on research in the archives, how the Soviet - Cuban relationship evolved. The US moves are told in less detailed fashion, which makes... Read More

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