For 13 days in October 1962, the world teetered on the edge of nuclear annihilation. This is the true story of the closest we’ve ever come to World War III.

At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, Eastern Daylight Time, the American blockade of Cuba becomes effective. 25 Russian ships are en route to Cuba on what may be a collision course in more than one ...

On October 27, 1962, the 12th day of the Cuban missile crisis, a bellicose and rattled Fidel Castro asked Nikita Khrushchev, his patron, to destroy America. “I believe that the imperialists ...

Sept. 13, 2011 -- President Kennedy, a student of history and President Lincoln, joked darkly after his triumph in the Cuban Missile Crisis that it might be a good night to go to the theater.

“During the Cuban missile crisis we stood behind JFK,” Gorka said, before making an alarming claim about the current state of affairs: “This is analogous to the Cuban missile crisis.” ...