M. White 
The Cuban Missile Crisis [PDF ebook] 

Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen? How was it resolved? By focusing on the roles of a number of key individuals, such as JFK, Robert Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, and by using recently declassified materials, this book frames answers to these questions. In so doing, it presents a cluster of new findings and arguments, including a fresh interpretation of Khrushchev »s motives for putting missiles in Cuba, new information on the mystery surrounding Senator Kenneth Keating »s secret sources, and evidence indicating that JFK planned to carry out a military strike on Cuba at the start of the crisis.