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PHOTOS: A look back at the Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 the world was on edge, worried that the Cuban missile crisis, a standoff between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, could end in a nuclear war. It was a two-week battle of wills between ...
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On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle (Review)
The recent book by Noam Chomsky and Vishay Prashad provides a critical analysis of the U.S. empire’s treatment of Cuba, from ...
Deseret News archives: ‘High urgency’: Kennedy alerts Americans to Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ...
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JFK White House Tapes, Cuban Missile Crisis
In this October 18, 1962 recording, he dictates an account of the debates among his top advisors in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This tape was made two days after the president was ...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, which was a major source of Cold War tension in Europe. America and the Soviet Union were competing in the ...
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President Kennedy's 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Address
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Opinion: What lessons on leadership can we still learn from the Cuban Missile Crisis?
October 2024 marks the 62nd anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Those 13 days were the closest the world has come to nuclear war. Wartime decision-making is always difficult and fraught with ...
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Former missile facilities technician remembers Cuban Missile Crisis 62 years later
ABILENE, Texas — Sixty-two years ago today the country was caught up in the Cuban Missile Crisis when we almost had a nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union. We spoke with the last living crew ...
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Bind Russia to a new arms control treaty to ban nuclear weapons in space
Imagine strolling down the streets on a peaceful night in Honolulu and breathing in the fresh salt sea air. Feel the tiny detonation of air pressure as an orange glow lights up the cloud cover far ...
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This Day in History on October 27: Black Saturday During the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 27th has marked a significant place in history, witnessing events that have shaped nations, cultures, and societies ...
Cuban missile crisis, Phillies champs, radio scare: News Journal archives, Oct. 27-Nov. 2
Hysteria over ‘War of the Worlds’ radio show in 1938, Truman survives shooting attempt in 1950, Cuban missile crisis in 1962, ...
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Unknown Speaker: At the height of tension over the Cuban Crisis, with the world purged on the edge of Armageddon, Secretary of State Dean Rusk said, "The United States and the Soviet Union are ...