Almost History: Close Calls, Plan B's, and Twists of Fate in America's Past
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ISBN: 0786885793 / Publisher: Hyperion, November 2001
Collects speeches, memos, and other documents written for the possibility of failure in wars and foreign relations throughout American history, left unsaid and unpublished due to turn of events and sudden changes.
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An intriguing compilation of memos, speeches, and other archival materials offers a revealing glimpse of how the American government would have handled historic moments that could have--but did not--happen, from JFK's prepared speech justifying the bombing of Cuba during the 1962 missile crisis to a tribute to astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin following a failed moon landing. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
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