FINCHANNEL

Behind the scenes: A look back at the Cuban missile crisis

The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was the moment that the United States and the Soviet Union came closest ...
PBS

End of the Cuban Naval Quarantine, 1962

[The first three sentences of a statement to be made by President Kennedy at his Press Conference at 6:00 p.m. on November 20, 1962.] I have today been informed by Chairman Khrushchev that all of the ...
AOL

The Lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis? The U.S. Needs Allies

Delegates raise their hands in a vote of 19-1 approving the United State' decision to take steps against Cuba, during a meeting of the Organization of American States, called by President Kennedy, to ...
SFGate

The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Renata Keller, University of Nevada, Reno (THE CONVERSATION) Sixty-three years ago, ...
WDBJ

This Day in History: JFK prevents nuclear war, ending Cuban Missile Crisis

The United States has been close to war a number of times, but 63 years ago was the closest this country has ever gotten to nuclear war. President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in a national ...
WLRN

The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Renata Keller is an associate professor of history at the ...