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Bookmark or Share- Address During the Cuban Missile Crisis | JFK LibraryThe Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. Recognizing the devastating possibility of a nuclear war, Khrushchev turned his ships back. The Soviets agreed to dismantle the weapon sites and, in exchange, the United States agreed not to invade Cuba.
- Cuban Missile Crisis - JFK LibraryFor 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. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet ...
- The JFK White House Tape Recordings - JFK LibraryFinally, in 1976, the tapes were legally deeded to the Kennedy Library and the National Archives. Many of the tapes, most significantly more than 20 hours of recordings from the ExComm (the Executive Committee of the National Security Council) meetings during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, were gradually declassified over the next two decades.
- To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile CrisisThe stand-off nearly caused a nuclear exchange and is remembered in this country as the Cuban Missile Crisis. For 13 days, the fate of the world hung in the balance. For all his muscular, anti-communist rhetoric, the President’s response was remarkably restrained. Under unimaginable pressure—as the Soviets raced to complete construction of ...
- Who's Who in the Cuban Missile Crisis - JFK LibraryArthur Sylvester, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (1961-1967) U Thant, Secretary General of the United Nations (1961-1971) Valerian Zorin, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations (1956-1965) A selection of the people who participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Links go to the interview in the Oral History Program created for ...
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