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Cuban Missile Crisis, a misplaced tape: Times the world came close to nuclear disaster
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 ...
New York Daily News2y
PHOTOS: A look back at the Cuban Missile Crisis
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 a nuclear war. It was a two-week battle of wills between ...
The National Interest on MSN8d
How the Soviet Yankee-Class Submarine Almost Caused a Second Cuban Missile Crisis
If the Soviet Navy’s base at Cienfuegos, Cuba, had been fully established before the Nixon administration intervened to stop ...
Slate2y
The Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis Are Actually Pretty Useless Right Now
Just in time for its 60 th anniversary, the Cuban missile crisis is trending big time. President Biden warned last week that Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine portends ...
Business Insider2y
What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis — the 13-day standoff that almost ended the world
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 ...
The Daily Beast2y
What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach the U.S. About How to Deal With Russia and Ukraine
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The parallels with the current confrontation between the United States and Russia are striking. For a few weeks in October and ...
Business Insider2y
60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, the nuclear dangers posed by the war in Ukraine are 'far worse,' experts warn
October marks 60 years since the Cuban missile crisis, when the US and USSR were on the brink of nuclear war. Historians and experts warn that the war in Ukraine is presenting similar dangers.
Newsweek2y
How Nuclear Tensions During 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Compare to Now
Languages: English. October 1962 is widely known as a period of time when nuclear tensions were heightened during the Cuban Missile Crisis; however, many have wondered if tensions are the same now ...
NPR2y
60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, Russia's threats reignite Cold War fears
When President Biden compared Russia's nuclear threat against Ukraine to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, it highlighted just how much that Cold War showdown continues to shape our collective psyche.
The Nation2y
The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up
In the years following Kennedy’s assassination, his top advisers, though privy to the secret deal, sustained the sacred myth of the Cuban missile crisis. Early memoirs from former officials such ...
The Boston Globe2y
The most important lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Humanity barely survived that encounter in 1962, known to history as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Never since then has nuclear apocalypse been as close as it is today. Take it from President Biden.