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Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days of Pressure and Diplomacy
In October 1962, American reconnaissance photographs revealed Soviet medium-range and intermediate-range missile sites under construction in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy and his advisers considered options ranging from diplomacy to air strikes and invasion, while Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev weighed the danger of withdrawing weapons presented as protection for Cuba.
This episode traces the crisis from U-2 photographs taken on October 14, analyzed on October 15, and presented to Kennedy on October 16. It examines ExComm debates, the naval quarantine, the United Nations confrontation…
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