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The first type of missile discovered in Cuba was found to be the [[SS-4]] "Sandal". The SS-4 was a MRBM (Medium Range Ballistic Missile) capable of delivering a nuclear warhead up to 1,100 Nautical Miles (1,265 Miles). The SS-4 itself was capable of striking primary targets such as Washington, Houston, and anywhere in the southeastern United States.  U-2 photos installations of the [[SS-5]] "Skean", a IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile) capable of delivering a nuclear warhead up to 2,530 miles. With installations of the SS-5, the Soviet Union had the capability of striking most of the United States.  

The first type of missile discovered in Cuba was found to be the [[SS-4]] "Sandal". The SS-4 was a MRBM (Medium Range Ballistic Missile) capable of delivering a nuclear warhead up to 1,100 Nautical Miles (1,265 Miles). The SS-4 itself was capable of striking primary targets such as Washington, Houston, and anywhere in the southeastern United States.  U-2 photos installations of the [[SS-5]] "Skean", a IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile) capable of delivering a nuclear warhead up to 2,530 miles. With installations of the SS-5, the Soviet Union had the capability of striking most of the United States.  

Further complications were added to the crisis by the placement of SA-2 missiles, the SA-2 a SAM or Surface-To-Air-Missile. These missiles had the ability to shoot down any aircraft, even the high flying [[U-2]]. When operational, these sites would pose a great danger to the photographic missions, necessary for the United States to keep informed on the crisis.<ref>http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/dsh/artifacts/RM-SA2.htm</ref>

Further complications were added to the crisis by the placement of SA-2 missiles, the SA-2 a SAM or Surface-To-Air-Missile. These missiles had the ability to shoot down any aircraft, even the high flying U-2. When operational, these sites would pose a great danger to the photographic missions, necessary for the United States to keep informed on the crisis.<ref>http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/dsh/artifacts/RM-SA2.htm</ref>

* Blight, James G. and David A. Welch, eds.''Intelligence and the Cuban Missile Crisis'' (1998) [http://books.google.com/books?id=FPjXXuaLA-kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Intelligence+intitle:and+intitle:the+intitle:Cuban+intitle:Missile+intitle:Crisis&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&sig=E4shr9za-71dC52dtmCPy6S2IzE excerpt and text search]

* Blight, James G. and David A. Welch, eds.''Intelligence and the Cuban Missile Crisis'' (1998) [http://books.google.com/books?id=FPjXXuaLA-kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Intelligence+intitle:and+intitle:the+intitle:Cuban+intitle:Missile+intitle:Crisis&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&sig=E4shr9za-71dC52dtmCPy6S2IzE excerpt and text search]

*  Byrne, Paul J. ''The Cuban Missile Crisis: To the Brink of War'' (Snapshots in History series) (2006) [[File:Dobbs-Cuba.jpg|thumb|240px]]

*  Byrne, Paul J. ''The Cuban Missile Crisis: To the Brink of War'' (Snapshots in History series) (2006) [[File:Dobbs-Cuba.jpg|thumb|240px]]

* Coleman, David G. "The Missiles of November, December, January, February . . .: The Problem of Acceptable Risk in the Cuban Missile Crisis Settlement," ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' 9.3 (2007) 5-48 in [[Project Muse]], examines developments after Oct. 1962, esp. regarding domestic politics

* Coleman, David G. "The Missiles of November, December, January, February . . .: The Problem of Acceptable Risk in the Cuban Missile Crisis Settlement," ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' 9.3 (2007) 5-48 in Project Muse, examines developments after Oct. 1962, esp. regarding domestic politics

*  Dallek, Robert. ''An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Life-John-Kennedy-Dynasty/dp/0316907928/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211431537&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

*  Dallek, Robert. ''An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Life-John-Kennedy-Dynasty/dp/0316907928/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211431537&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

*  Diez Acosta, Tomás.  ''October 1962: The "Missile" Crisis as Seen from Cuba.'' (2002). 333 pp.

*  Diez Acosta, Tomás.  ''October 1962: The "Missile" Crisis as Seen from Cuba.'' (2002). 333 pp.

* Stern, Sheldon M.  ''The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis.'' (2005). 238 pp.  Focus on ExComm meetings [http://www.amazon.com/Week-World-Stood-Still-Stanford/dp/0804750777/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211430494&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]; also [http://www.questia.com/read/108141942?title=The%20Week%20the%20World%20Stood%20Still%3a%20%20Inside%20the%20Secret%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis online edition]

* Stern, Sheldon M.  ''The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis.'' (2005). 238 pp.  Focus on ExComm meetings [http://www.amazon.com/Week-World-Stood-Still-Stanford/dp/0804750777/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211430494&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]; also [http://www.questia.com/read/108141942?title=The%20Week%20the%20World%20Stood%20Still%3a%20%20Inside%20the%20Secret%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis online edition]

* Taubman,  William. ''Khrushchev: The Man and His Era'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Khrushchev-Man-His-William-Taubman/dp/0393324842/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211431069&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]

* Taubman,  William. ''Khrushchev: The Man and His Era'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Khrushchev-Man-His-William-Taubman/dp/0393324842/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211431069&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]

* Tierney, Dominic. "'Pearl Harbor in Reverse': Moral Analogies in the Cuban Missile Crisis," ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' - Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 2007, pp.&nbsp;49–77 in [[Project Muse]]; JFK said at the time air strikes against would be morally analogous to the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

* Tierney, Dominic. "'Pearl Harbor in Reverse': Moral Analogies in the Cuban Missile Crisis," ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' - Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 2007, pp.&nbsp;49–77 in Project Muse; JFK said at the time air strikes against would be morally analogous to the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

* Weisbrot, Robert.  ''Maximum Danger: Kennedy, the Missiles, and the Crisis of American Confidence.'' (2001). 275 pp.   

* Weisbrot, Robert.  ''Maximum Danger: Kennedy, the Missiles, and the Crisis of American Confidence.'' (2001). 275 pp.   

===Historiography===

===Historiography===

*  Allison, Graham. "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis." ''The American Political Science Review,'' Vol. 63, No. 3 (Sep., 1969), pp.&nbsp;689–718, famous political science article uses three models, the rational actor (the state is treated like an individual), organizational behavior model (the agencies involved have their own procedures), government politics (result comes after negotiations among actors) [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1954423 in JSTOR]

*  Allison, Graham. "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis." ''The American Political Science Review,'' Vol. 63, No. 3 (Sep., 1969), pp.&nbsp;689–718, famous political science article uses three models, the rational actor (the state is treated like an individual), organizational behavior model (the agencies involved have their own procedures), government politics (result comes after negotiations among actors) [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1954423 in JSTOR]

*  Allison, Graham, and Philip Zelikow. ''Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis,'' (2nd ed. (1999), 440pp

*  Allison, Graham, and Philip Zelikow. ''Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis,'' (2nd ed. (1999), 440pp

*  Chang, Laurence, and Peter Kornbluh. "Introduction" to Chang and Kornbluh, eds. ''Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: A National Security Archive Documents Reader'' (1998)  [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/declass.htm Introduction online  

*  Chang, Laurence, and Peter Kornbluh. "Introduction" to Chang and Kornbluh, eds. ''Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: A National Security Archive Documents Reader'' (1998)  [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/declass.htm Introduction online]

* Garthoff, Raymond L. "Foreign Intelligence and the Historiography of the Cold War," ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' - Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2004, pp.&nbsp;21–56 in [[Project Muse]]

* Garthoff, Raymond L. "Foreign Intelligence and the Historiography of the Cold War," ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' - Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2004, pp.&nbsp;21–56 in [[Project Muse]]

* Jones, John A., and  Virginia H. Jones. "Five Perspectives on the Cuban Missile Crisis," ''Rhetoric & Public Affairs'' 8.1 (2005) 133-144 in [[Project Muse]]

* Jones, John A., and  Virginia H. Jones. "Five Perspectives on the Cuban Missile Crisis," ''Rhetoric & Public Affairs'' 8.1 (2005) 133-144 in [[Project Muse]]

* [[Cold War]]

* [[Cold War]]

* [[Fidel Castro]]

* [[Fidel Castro]]

* [[Nikita Khrushchev]]

* [[Nikita Khrushchev]]

* [[Nuclear target structures]]

* [[Nuclear target structures]]