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The closest the world has come to nuclear war was the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. The Soviets had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of the United States. U.S. armed forces were at their highest state of readiness.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded.
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Information, including list of participating ships and units, documents, bibliography, on the Cuban Missile Crisis ... In what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy and an alerted and aroused American government, armed forces, and public compelled the Soviets to remove from Cuba not only...
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After obtaining Fidel Castro's approval, the Soviet Union worked quickly and secretly to build missile installations in Cuba. ... During the crisis, the two sides exchanged many letters and other communications, both formal and "back channel." Khrushchev sent letters to Kennedy on October 23 and 24 indicating the...
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Cuban Missile Crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in October 1962, during the Cold War. In Russia, former Eastern Bloc, and communist countries (i.e....
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The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis ... For nearly forty years most American accounts of the Cuban Missile Crisis of have left Cuba out of the story. With the blockbuster film "Thirteen Days" the story now ignores the Soviet Union as well. The film turns history on its head and drums into our heads exactly the...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Editorial Board ... Praise for The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 ... THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS; 1 9 6 2...
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Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) 1961-63, Vol. XI Cuban Missile Crisis & Aftermath ... Cuban Missile Crisis Excomm Transcripts 18 October 1962 ... THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS OF 1962: PRESENTING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ABROAD - by Sherman Kent, Studies in Intelligence Spring 1972.
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