The Lost History of Latin America’s Role in Averting Catastrophe During the Cuban Missile Crisis

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

A map prepared by the Defense Department in 1962 shows potential ranges of Soviet ballistic missiles from Cuba. Department of Defense Cuban Missile Crisis briefing materials/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumSixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war by staring down Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev over the Cuban missile crisis. At least, so goes a standard U.…

Deseret News archives: ‘High urgency’: Kennedy alerted Americans to Cuban missile crisis

On Oct. 22, 1962, Kennedy revealed to the nation a dire situation just 100 miles from mainland

October 22 – JFK’s address on Cuban Missile Crisis shocks the nation

In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. The post October 22 – JFK’s address on Cuban Missile Crisis shocks the nation appeared first on The Declaration.