JFK'S FORGOTTEN CRISIS

U.S. President John F. Kennedy faced two great crises in 1962 - the Cuban missile crisis and the Sino-Indian War. While his part in the missile crisis that threatened to snowball into a nuclear war has been thoroughly studied his critical role in the Sino-Indian War has been largely ignored. Bruce Riedel fills that gap with JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet the CIA and the Sino-Indian War. Riedel's telling of the president's firm response to China's invasion of India and his deft diplomacy in keepin...See More