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	Thirteen Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis
		We discussed the Cuban Missile Crisis at length and it was obvious to me as we spoke, that this singular event had a profound and enduring effect on him--to this day.
		The Nuclear Deception: Nikita Khrushchev and the Cuban Missile Crisis by Servando Gonzalez
		Cuba and the Missiles Crisis by Carlos Lechuga
	www.squidoo.com /cubanmissilecrisis (5294 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis - Encyclopedia.com
		Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
		October 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Dark days when the world held its breath; Nearly 40 years ago, an anxious world was enduring a crisis that produced similar fears evoked by the terrible terrorist devastation of New York.
		From the eye of storm: the key moments of the Cuban Missile crisis - as seen by a man who was in the thick of it.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Cubanmis.html (1241 words)

	JFK on the Cuban Missile Crisis
		Each of these missiles, in short, is capable of striking Washington, D.C., the Panama Canal, Cape Canaveral, Mexico City, or any other city in the southeastern part of the United States, in Central America, or in the Caribbean area.
		Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace.
		And I have no doubt that most Cubans today look forward to the time when they will be truly free--free from foreign domination, free to choose their own leaders, free to select their own system, free to own their own land, free to speak and write and worship without fear or degradation.
	www.historyplace.com /speeches/jfk-cuban.htm (2189 words)

	NPR : The Cuban Missile Crisis, 40 Years Later
		Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks Oct. 11 at the opening session of a conference on the 40th anniversary of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
		Some of the people who played key roles in the missile crisis are meeting in Havana, Cuba over the weekend to reflect on the experience and its relevance today.
		"The gravity of the Cuban missile crisis -- the fact that the world's fate hinged on how it was resolved -- means the events of October 1962 will be debated for decades," says NPR's Tom Gjelten, who journeyed to Havana to cover the conference.
	www.npr.org /news/specials/cuban_missile (1028 words)

	NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis
		The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was one of the turning points of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
		As one measure to solve the crisis, he proclaimed a naval "quarantine" of Cuban ports to prevent the introduction of additional Soviet armaments.
		Looking back on the Cuban Missile Crisis, it is clear that SIGINT, combined with other types of intelligence such as photography and human sources, had pinpointed Cuba as a grave threat to the United States.
	www.nsa.gov /publications/publi00033.cfm (2274 words)

	American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy - Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation
		Each of these missiles, in short, is capable of striking Washington, D. the Panama Canal, Cape Canaveral, Mexico City, or any other city in the southeastern part of the United States, in Central America, or in the Caribbean area.
		In that sense, missiles in Cuba add to an already clear and present danger -- although it should be noted the nations of Latin America have never previously been subjected to a potential nuclear threat.
		And I have no doubt that most Cubans today look forward to the time when they will be truly free -- free from foreign domination, free to choose their own leaders, free to select their own system, free to own their own land, free to speak and write and worship without fear or degradation.
	www.americanrhetoric.com /speeches/jfkcubanmissilecrisis.html (1928 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - The Cuban Missile Crisis: 40 Years On
		Few, if any, of Kennedy's advisors were aware that their meetings with the President were being taped during the crisis when the world came the closest it's ever been to nuclear war.
		Beginning on the eve of President Kennedy's first public address to the nation through to Krushchev's climbdown, and set against the background of the unfolding crisis, the programmes focus on the memories of ordinary men and women who felt nuclear armageddon was a hair's breadth away.
		The US version of it's role in the crisis is well documented but until now the Soviet and Cuban sides of the story have remained untold.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/history/cuba.shtml (623 words)

	14 Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis
		Soviet field commanders in Cuba were authorized to use tactical nuclear weapons if invaded by the U.S. The fate of millions literally hinged upon the ability of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, to reach a compromise.
		To start, head either to the Crisis Center and read a short summary of the events or go to the Briefing Room for a RealAudio narration and ten minute account of the Crisis.
		The Debriefing Board is a great area for student and teachers from around the world to discuss the Crisis.
	library.thinkquest.org /11046 (757 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
		Cordon of Steel: The U.S. Navy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
		In what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy and an alerted and aroused American government, armed forces, and public compelled the Soviets to remove from Cuba not only their missiles but all of their offensive weapons.
		Khrushchev realized that his missile and bomber forces were no match for the Navy's powerful Polaris ballistic missile-firing submarines and the Air Force's land-based nuclear delivery systems once these American arms became fully operational.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq90-1.htm (584 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis: Activities
		President Kennedy's first reaction to the information about the missiles in Cuba was to call a meeting to discuss what should be done.
		In return for the Soviet Union dismantling her missiles in Cuba, the United States would withdraw her nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy.
		The missiles could then be put out of action and the Soviet Union could no longer use Cuba as a military base.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /COLDcubamissileA.htm (997 words)

	The World On the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: Introduction
		The United States had caught the Soviet Union building offensive nuclear missile bases in Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. soil, and the two superpowers were now joined in the first direct nuclear confrontation in history.
		The Cuban missile crisis was perhaps the greatest test of John F. Kennedy's Presidency, and while he and Khrushchev were able to achieve a peaceful resolution, the crisis had a number of far-reaching historical consequences.
		To observe the 40th anniversary of Cuban missile crisis, in October 2002, the John F. Kennedy Library presented a series of forums associated with the 13 days of the crisis.
	www.jfklibrary.org /jfkl/cmc/cmc_intro.html (1078 words)

	Documents Relating to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis
		Using KGB Documents: the Scali-Feklisov Channel in the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Alexander Fursenko and Timothy Naftali
		From: Philip Zelikow, University of Virginia, on the Trade of the Cuban Missiles for the Turkish Missiles
		John F. Kennedy Library, JFK calls former President Eisenhower to brief him on the missile crisis, October 28, 1962.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/cuba.htm (3694 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis
		The Cuban Missile Crisis was the first and only nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
		Each of these missiles, in short, is capable of striking Washington, D.C., the Panama Canal, Cape Canaveral, Mexico City, or any other city in the south-eastern part of the United States, in Central America, or in the Caribbean area.
		The accounts of the crisis did not make clear that it was a power confrontation, that the power of the USA was incomparably superior to that of the USSR, and that the leaders of both nations knew this to be a fact.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /COLDcubanmissile.htm (3130 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis - MSN Encarta
		Cuban Missile Crisis, major confrontation between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that occurred in 1962 over the issue of Soviet-supplied missile installations in Cuba.
		The crisis was the culmination of growing tension between the United States and Cuba following the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
		On October 16, the first day of the crisis, Kennedy and almost all of his advisers agreed that a surprise air attack against Cuba—followed, perhaps, by a blockade and an invasion—was the only reasonable response.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579929/Cuban_Missile_Crisis.html (1284 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
		The Cuban Missile Crisis is regarded as the moment when the Cold War came closest to escalating into a nuclear war.
		The Cuban Missile Crisis spurred the creation of the Hot Line, a direct communications link between Moscow and Washington D.C. The purpose of this undersea line was to have a way the leaders of the two Cold War countries could communicate directly to better solve a crisis like the one in October 1962.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis (3371 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis
		The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 brought the world close to a nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
		Cuban intelligence had uncovered documents dating to April 1962 that described a plan to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro through Operation Mongoose, which ironically was scheduled for October 1962.
		Missiles had been readied for launch within minutes and 20 SAC bombers were airborne, equipped with nuclear bombs.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1736.html (2163 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis
		The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962: Presenting the Photographic Evidence Abroad -- This Center for the Study of Intelligence article reveals the reason behind U.S. actions in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
		Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963: Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath -- From the Government Printing Office and Department of State, this volume of FRUS compiles documents relating to Kennedy's Administration and the handling of the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
		The Cuban missile crisis and its aftermath was the most serious U.S.-Soviet confrontation of the Cold War Although the crisis itself was short, it was so intense that it absorbed the entire attention of President Kennedy and his closest advisers.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/cuba-62.htm (2700 words)

	Cuba-Junky \| Missile Crisis
		In since declassified tapes of the conversation, Kennedy stated his opinion that the missiles added nothing to the Soviet's military capabilities.
		His approach was one of strength and resoluteness towards the nuclear threat.
		Kennedy had promised that a nuclear attack from Cuba would be interpreted as a nuclear attack by the USSR, meaning that such a Cuban attack could have lead to full-scale nuclear war.
	www.cuba-junky.com /cuba/missile-crisis.html (362 words)

	Strategy First - Modern-Warfare - Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath
		Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath thrusts players into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.
		In Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, the two cold-war powerhouse nations unleash their nuclear arsenal on the world, leveling Cuba and turning it, along with the majority of the world, into a radioactive desert.
		Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath is a real-time strategy game combined with a turn-based global strategy mode, forcing players to use tactical troop movements while managing their resources and armies.
	www.strategyfirst.com /en/games/CubanMissileCrisis (388 words)

	::The Cuban Missile Crisis::
		The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the few times that the 'rules' of the Cold War were nearly forgotten.
		The Cuban Missile Crisis was over but it had taken the world to the brink of nuclear war.
		The one positive thing to come out of the crisis was the creation of a hot-line between Moscow and Washington to allow for easier communication between the two nations leaders at a time of crisis.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /cuba.htm (1611 words)

	The Cuban Missile Crisis - Cuban History
		In Cuba this event is known as the October Crisis of 1962, and in the former Soviet Union it was known as the Caribbean Crisis.
		Although the October Crisis was the one that brought Cuba closest to the brink of devastation-by way of either a nuclear conflagration or a U.S. invasion-it was one of many crises between Cuba and the United States in the fist years of the Revolution.
		Their name for the crisis thus highlights Cuba's ongoing conflict with the United States, which they argue led to the confrontation over the missiles.
	www.historyofcuba.com /history/funfacts/crisis.htm (417 words)

	GAMES.1C.RU - Cuban Missile Crisis - Description
		Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a turn-based global tactical mode.
		Cuban Missile Crisis offers gamers an alternative interpretation of the events that followed the famous global standoff on the small island nation.
		After the crisis broke out, two superpowers unleashed their nuclear arsenal on the world, leveling Cuba and turning it, along with the majority of the world's metropolitan expanses into scorched radioactive deserts.
	int.games.1c.ru /cmc (190 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis: Review -- Strategy Informer
		If an American U2 had been shot down over Cuba during the 1962 Missile Crisis, and the Soviets had been a tad more assertive about their desire to keep nuclear missile bases in Cuba, then perhaps the world would have gone to war again, resulting in the greatest conflict in all history.
		Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath answers that rhetorical question with a resounding no and yes.
		You get to send out troops to die, who will then more than likely fail to achieve the objectives they were supposed to accomplish, probably fall over each other in the process, and in general behave like a bunch of idiots.
	www.strategyinformer.com /pc/cubanmissilecrisis/review.html (826 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis — Infoplease.com
		Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
		How close to the brink: I believe that the apocalyptic view of the Cuban missile crisis has been greatly exaggerated.
		Periscope.(revelation that Soviet submarines were armed with nuclear torpedoes during the Cuban Missile Crisis)(this and other topics......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0814197.html (465 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis
		The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major confrontation between the United States and the USSR over Soviet supplied missile installations in Cuba, regarded by many as the world's closest approach to nuclear war.
		These tensions culminated during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when the United States demanded that the USSR remove nuclear missiles that it had placed in Cuba.
		He was then accused of political "errors" mostly from the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, establishing a disorganized economy.
	www.pwc.k12.nf.ca /coldwar/plain/cuba.html (836 words)

	Cuban Missile Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kennedy told Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, that if Cuba launched any missiles at the United States it would be considered an act of war by the Soviet Union, and the U.S. would retaliate directly against the Soviet Union.
		The world was never as close to nuclear warfare as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
		See also, how the Cuban Missile Crisis fits into the overall context of the Cold War at the Cold War International History Project; also have a look at the excellent CNN's Cold War site.
	novaonline.nv.cc.va.us /eli/evans/HIS135/Events/Cuba62.htm (1204 words)

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