The final failure is president kennedys phrase for the nuclear holocaust that he hoped to avert in confrontation with russia over the presence of their missiles in cuba we who are old enough to remember those days in 1962 and the years that followed know that we came close to annihilation sheldon stern retired historian of the kennedy library tells us just how close we came dr stern was the first person to listen to the secret tapes of jfks executive committee meetings on the . averting the final failure john f kennedy and the secret cuban missile crisis meetings stanford nuclear age hardcover greenlight by stern sheldon m author jul 2003 hardcover stern sheldon m isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Averting the final failure john f kennedy and the secret cuban missile crisis meetings sheldon m stern the cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the cold war and the most perilous moment in human history sheldon m stern longtime historian at the john f kennedy library here . Get this from a library averting the final failure john f kennedy and the secret cuban missile crisis meetings sheldon m stern the cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the cold war and the most perilous moment in human history sheldon m stern longtime historian at the john f kennedy library here . Buy averting the final failure jfk and the secret cuban missile crisis stanford nuclear age series by stern sheldon m isbn 9780804748469 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders