Cuban Missile Crisis: Have we Learned Our Lesson?
On October 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy met with foreign policy and defense department officials. Aerial reconnaissance had detected Soviet inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in Cuba. Kennedy contemplated several courses of action: air strikes, invasion, and/or a naval blockade. Troops and equipment began mobilizing along the southeastern U.S. should Kennedy elect to conduct airstrikes […]
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