The Cuban missile crisis was the moment during the Cold War when the two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war.

The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction ... They discovered the missile sites in October 1962. They put major American towns and cities within range of Soviet nuclear ...

1962's Other Crisis: India and China go to War While often overshadowed by the Cuban Missile Crisis, the conflict still colors relations between the two nations to this day. With the world’s ...

This course examines the period of crises and détente in the Cold War between the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The course centres on how markets, ideas, ...

This course examines the origins of the Cold War and the dynamics of its rise during the period from World War II to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. It looks at long-term trends as well as specific ...

Over the course of 13 days in October 1962, Kennedy avoided war with the ... The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of Kennedy's most lasting legacies.

The downing of Gary Powers' U-2 spyplane in 1960, the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the Yom Kippur War in 1973—Brugioni played a significant, behind-the-scenes role in each of these historic events.

For 13 days in October of 1962, the world teetered on the brink ... Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded. » VIDEO PREVIEW: Leadership in a nuclear ...

TASS/. The current international tensions are posing more risks to the world than the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, while Washington’s opportunistic policy has been escalating things, Juan Sanchez ...