For 13 days in October of 1962, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war: Cuba and the Soviet Union were locked in a standoff with the U.S. at the height of the Cold War. Here's a look at key ...

President John F. Kennedy told Americans that Soviet missiles were being placed in Cuba and that the danger was immediate. He announced a naval quarantine, ordered military preparations, and warned ...

Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President John F. Kennedy, and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara meet in the Cabinet Room in January 1961.(Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy ...

The first week of the Cuban missile crisis played out in secret. President John F. Kennedy and his advisers quietly evaluated the results of the U-2 overflights and formulated a response. But on ...

On October 26, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis reached a point where a US invasion and nuclear war both seemed possible. Kennedy’s advisers were split, Soviet submarines were trapped and suffocating, ...

2 of 8 — A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council, advisers to Kennedy, in the Cabinet Room on Oct. 29, 1962. 3 of 8 — Kennedy meets with Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev ...