The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ...

The recent book by Noam Chomsky and Vishay Prashad provides a critical analysis of the U.S. empire’s treatment of Cuba, from ...

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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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 ...

With all of this open hostility from the Eastern-backed Cuban government, it has become clear that the only option for the ...

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 ...

October 27th has marked a significant place in history, witnessing events that have shaped nations, cultures, and societies ...

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 ...

NEW YORK - Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world is again facing the specter of a nuclear confrontation. With Russian President V ...

President Kennedy set up a special three-man committee today to handle negotiations looking toward an end to the Cuban crisis ... s promise to dismantle the missile bases.