The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union closer to nuclear war than perhaps any other incident in the Cold War (1946– 1991). The crisis began on October 14, 1962, when American U-2 spy planes flying...

This document, issued after the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, illustrates how the executive branch of the United States attempted to control information during the Cold War. During this period, the U.S. government underwent a fundamental...

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a military confrontation between the United States of America, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War. The Russians call it the "Caribbean Crisis," while the Cubans call it the "October Crisis." The crisis ranks with...

Revisited on the 40th Anniversity October marked the 401 anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, in which the United States and the Soviet Union came chillingly close to nuclear war over the placement of Soviet strategic weapons in Cuba. Continuing their exhaustive,...

Excerpts from "the first rough draft of history" as reported in The Washington Post on this date in the 20th century. Most historians agree that the world was never closer to the brink of a nuclear holocaust than during the Cuban missile...

Philip M. Kaiser, a former ambassador to Austria, Hungary and Senegal who during the Cuban Missile Crisis acted to deny the Soviet Union landing rights at airports where its planes might refuel, died Thursday. He was 93.Kaiser died of aspiration pneumonia at Sibley Hospital in...

Alexander Feklisov, the Soviet-era spy chief who oversaw the espionage work of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and helped mediate the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, has died, a Russian official said Friday. He was 93.Feklisov died Oct. 26, said Sergei Ivanov, a spokesman for the Foreign...

Discusses the reactions of Bill Doman to President Kennedy's decisions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The investigation assesses to what extent was Robert Kennedy's role significant in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. In order to appraise the significance of Kennedy's role, the investigation appraises his involvement and role in each stage of this nuclear standoff. His role is appraised by not only his brother, colleagues, and adversaries, but also by himself, documentaries, and essays. The significance of Kennedy's role is appraised from the initial days in which President Kennedy is briefed, during the E

Provides an accurate, detailed description of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Details how the crisis affected America as a whole and the presidency of John F. Kennedy. Hypothesizes how the world would have changed if the crisis had not been averted successfully.