And even after six decades there is an important lesson to be learned. The story is familiar to most of our more seasoned readers. In the wake of the failed Bay of Pigs invasions, Cuba's communist ...
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How Early Cold War Tensions Led to the Cuban Missile Crisis
After World War II, the former Allied powers quickly became rivals, divided by ideology, economics, and competing visions for ...
On October 24, 1962, the US naval blockade of Cuba officially begins, and to the world it looks like the decisive showdown.
What a delicious commentary on the Cold War days and more recent doomsdays (“Memories from the end of the world,” Oct. 14)! I, too, recall the “ends of the world” including the Cold War, the Cuban ...
The ultimate source of action -- The fourteenth day -- Eyes in the sky -- The postmortem season -- Mockingbird don't sing -- The bomber problem -- Standing in judgment -- A tub of butter -- The ...
On October 22, Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba, to prevent the delivery of any more missiles. From that moment, the two leaders held the fate of the world in their hands, each testing the ...
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