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It maps the interplay of governments, militaries, and nonstate actors as decisions, crises-management efforts, and “war of words” unfolded. The structure moves from causes through crisis dynamics to consequences, concluding with debates over escalation, realignments, and enduring fallout across the Americas.","THE FATE OF THE AMERICAS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nInterconnections  \nTHE GLOBAL TWENTIETH CENTURY  \nJulia F. Irwin, Renata Keller, Christopher McKnight Nichols, and Jayita Sarkar, editors  \nThis series is home to innovative global, international, and transregional histories of the long twentieth century. Our books emphasize interactions and connections across three principal areas of inquiry: governments, militaries, and nonstate actors, including businesses; international organizations, nation-states, and individuals; and foreign and domestic policies. The series showcases work that transcends conventional geographic, temporal, and disciplinary borders, offering fresh and original perspectives on the making of the contemporary world.  \nA complete list of books published in the InterConnections series is available at [https://uncpress.org/series/interconnections-the-global-20th](https://uncpress.org/series/interconnections-the-global-20th)century.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHE FATE OF  \nTHE AMERICAS  \nTHE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND THE HEMISPHERIC COLD WAR  \nRenata Keller  \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS CHAPEL HILL  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis book was published with the assistance of the Anniversary Fund of the University of North Carolina Press.  \n© 2025 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved  \nSet in Utopia by codeMantra  \nManufactured in the United States of America Unless otherwise noted, all translations are the author ’s.  \nMaterial in this book previously appeared in different form in the following articles: “Rockets Here, in Our Pretty Little Cuba: The View from the Epicenter of the Cuban Missile Crisis,” History Today 72, no. 10 (October 2022): 28–41; “Research Note: The Cuban Missile Crisis and a War of Words in Argentina,” Cold War History 22, no. 4 (2022): 521–28, [www.tandfonline.com](www.tandfonline.com); “‘Responsibility of the Great Ones’: How the Organization of American States and the United Nations Helped Resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis,” Journal of Latin American Studies 51, no. 4 (November 2019): 883–904;“The Latin American Missile Crisis,” Diplomatic History 39, no. 2 (April 2015): 195–222.  \nCover art: “Briefing Board \\#13: [Map of Western Hemisphere showing ranges of 1100 and 220 nautical miles],” February 6, 1963, from the Department of Defense Cuban Missile Crisis Briefing Materials collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Keller, Renata, 1981– author  \nTitle: The fate of the Americas : the Cuban missile crisis and the hemispheric Cold War / Renata Keller.  \nOther titles: InterConnections  \nDescription: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press,[2025] | Series: Interconnections : the global 20th century | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2025016609 | ISBN 9781469689425 cloth | ISBN 9781469689432 paperback | ISBN 9781469686639 epub | ISBN 9781469689449 pdf  \nSubjects: LCSH: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 | Cold War | Latin America—History—1948–1980 | LatinAmerica—Politics and government—1948–1980 | BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies | POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy  \nClassification: LCC F 1414.2 .K45 2025 | DDC 972.9106/4—dc23/eng/20250416  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2025016609](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025016609)  \nFor product safety concerns under the European Union’s General Product Safety Regulation (EUGPSR), please contact [gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk](gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk) or write to the University of North Carolina Press and Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Mauritskade 21D, 1091 GC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Cameron  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAfter all, it is the fate of the Americas that is at stake, and not just that of the United States.  \n—“Sem receios nem vacilações,” Folha de S","cbCaikSslUYwFTmH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikSslUYwFTmH","pdf",12156429,361,"English","en",105,"# List of Illustrations\n## Maps\n## Figures\n# Preface\n# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction\n# Part I. 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