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Bookmark or Share- To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile CrisisIt shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union." -President Kennedy, Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 22, 1962
- 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis - JFK LibraryIt’s a great pleasure to be here to talk about the book that Tom just mentioned, The 14 th Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis. As we know, on the 13 th day of the crisis Khrushchev backed down, the world sighed with relief, and children could stop for a while practicing hiding under their desks. But the crisis didn’t ...
- Cuban Missile Crisis - JFK LibraryCuban Missile Crisis For thirteen days in October 1962 the world waited—seemingly on the brink of nuclear war—and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.
- Cuban Missile Crisis Chronology - JFK LibraryCuban Missile Crisis Chronology; Eulogies for President Kennedy; First Ballot for Presidential Nominees (1960) Items in President Kennedy's Oval Office; John F. Kennedy's Announcement as Candidate for U.S. President, January 2, 1960; John F. Kennedy's Favorite Quotations: Dante's Inferno; John F. Kennedy's National Television Appearances (pre-1961)
- The Cold War - JFK LibraryThe Cuban Missile Crisis. In the summer of 1962, Khrushchev reached a secret agreement with the Cuban government to supply nuclear missiles capable of protecting the island against another US-sponsored invasion. In mid-October, American spy planes photographed the missile sites under construction.
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