Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. This intense standoff was triggered by the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Such a direct menace to American interests propelled the Cold War adversaries to the precipice of nuclear…

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The U-2, Cuba, and the CIA</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Was the Cuban leader always a Marxist or did the United States impel him in that direction? A distinguished historian of Cuban affairs examines the critical years when the Castro revolution became a communist dictatorship.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Was the murdered President one of our best, a man of “vigor, rationality, and noble vision” or was he “an optical illusion,” “an expensively programmed waxwork”? A noted historian examines the mottled evolution of his reputation.</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">The strangest of all Cold War relics also offers a clue to why we won it.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The Cuban Missile Crisis as seen from the Kremlin</span></p>