In fact, the Soviets were so invested in this program—and the Americans were so worried about its potential threat—that a second Cuban Missile Crisis almost erupted over the possibility that ...

Six decades before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, there was the Cuban Missile Crisis, the first showdown between nuclear powers that historians say ...

Trump could use an advisor like Barbara Tuchman whose 'Guns of August' was crucial to JFK during the Cuban missile crisis.

Let us briefly recap the course of the Cuban missile crisis. In October 1962, U2 spy planes spotted Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles being installed in Cuba. Kennedy mounted a naval blockade of the ...

Over 13 days beginning on Oct. 16, 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union were at the brink of a nuclear conflict. But since the Cold War ended, some historical assumptions about the crisis have changed.

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.

For Kennedy, Hastings writes, the crisis was more political than strategic; missiles in Cuba threatened the United States no more than Soviet ballistic missile submarines already did.

Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr. was shot down and killed while flying a U-2 Dragon Lady over Cuba. (U.S. Air Force) On Oct. 15, CIA photo analysts discovered the evidence of those sites on the island.

More than 60 years after its conclusion, the Cuban Missile Crisis still offers lessons on decision making and leadership. Newly minted NJ college grads face tougher job prospects. Here's why ...