Историография и источники по истории Карибского кризиса

Abstract

The article is devoted to the most acute crisis of "the cold war", its causes, its essence and its lessons as well as to the document sources and historiography of the problem. The author followed the correspondence between N. Khrutshev and J. Kennedy, published in 1992, memoirs, current Russian historiography, the works of American authors and the proceedings of scientific conferences in Washington, Havana and Moscow. The military, political, ideological and psychological causes of the Caribbean crisis are exposed, its history and the ways of overcoming it are described. Moscow and Washington equally shared the responsibility for the events which took place 40 years ago. The article shows the role of the leaders of the USSR and the USA, of the diplomacy and secret services of both countries in the search for compromise. The stand of F. Castro is also presented in the article. Not all mysteries of the crisis can be assumed to have been revealed. It is relevant and instructive to turn to its history and its lessons in the conditions of the new system of international relations.