More than 63 years ago, the world narrowly escaped a nuclear third world war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A veteran, who ...

Foreword / Peter Almond -- Introduction. Armageddon in retrospect: "carrying the fire" of the Cuban Missile Crisis into the twenty-first century -- Cast of characters. Three leaders/three crises -- ...

On October 20, 1962, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched simultaneous offensives in the western sector (Ladakh) and across the McMahon Line in the eastern sector (Arunachal Pradesh). After a ...

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 ...

In October 1962, the world stood on the edge of destruction. The United States discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, sparking thirteen tense days when global annihilation felt inevitable. Both ...

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The world was going to end. That was all you knew, or thought you knew, on October 16, 1962. The news came on the TV that day. It had to do with Russia and Cuba and nuclear missiles 90 miles away from ...

(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, ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Roswell Gilpatrick was a Deputy Secretary for the Department of Defense with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1962 Compiled Program.

The ultimate source of action -- The fourteenth day -- Eyes in the sky -- The postmortem season -- Mockingbird don't sing -- The bomber problem -- Standing in judgment -- A tub of butter -- The ...

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 ...