Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis

88th Congress Abel Acheson Actor Model Air Force air strike alternative American argument attack bargaining basic behavior Berlin blockade capability Castro central Chiefs choice Communist concept consequences Cuban Military Build-up Cuban missile crisis decision Defense Appropriations Department of Defense deployment ExCom explanation fact factors foreign affairs foreign policy goals Hilsman hypothesis Ibid intelligence IRBMs issue Kennedy's Khrushchev large number major McNamara ment missiles in Cuba Model I analyst move MRBMs National Security nuclear weapons objectives October October 14 October 27 offensive missiles operational options organizational organizations outcomes paradigm Pearl Harbor players political predictions President's Presidium problem procedures programs propositions question Rational Actor relevant response Robert F Robert Kennedy Roger Hilsman routines Russians September Sorensen Soviet missiles Soviet ships Soviet Union Strategic Rocket Strategic Rocket Forces theory tion tional Turkey U.S. government United warning withdrawal Wohlstetter York