The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections has been a prime example of the new openness under glasnost in discussing previously taboo subjects. Using new revelations - such as the fact that Moscow had twice as many troops in Cuba as the Kennedy administration believed - from key Soviet and Cuban sources, Garthoff has revised his earlier analysis to produce the most accurate, eye-opening story yet of the 1962 crisis. (Publisher).

The Soviet decision --The U.S. decision -- The confrontation -- The settlement -- The aftermath -- The afterlife.