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 nuclear war. Take a look back at the infamous ...

U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs the Proclamation to establish a naval arms "quarantine" around Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis of 60 years ago, when the United States and USSR came close ...

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, archival materials, including audiotapes from White House meetings and television footage from the time, were shown. An audiotape was ...

Sixty years ago, a crowd of us young people anxiously massed around a black-and-white TV in my college student union building. ... by the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuban missile crisis: 3 key facts you may have missed in history class Over 13 days beginning on Oct. 16, 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union were at the brink of a nuclear conflict.

These developments have led to comparisons with the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13-day standoff between the US and the Soviet Union that could have led to war. This month marks the 60th anniversary of ...

Politics; October 28, 2022; The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up How JFK and Robert Kennedy hid the quid pro quo that saved the world from nuclear war.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was 13 days, really intense, a lot of public messaging and public signaling about what was going on. In Ukraine, this is a drawn-out conflict.

JFK’s leadership during 13 days of high drama — 60 years ago this month — provides five lessons to help President Biden navigate today’s crisis.

Many books have been published since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Thirteen Days by Robert F. Kennedy (1969), High Noon in the Cold War by Max Frankel (2004), and One Minute to Midnight by Michael Dobbs ...