Foreword / Peter Almond -- Introduction. Armageddon in retrospect: "carrying the fire" of the Cuban Missile Crisis into the twenty-first century -- Cast of characters. Three leaders/three crises -- ...

"This book is based on the exhibition "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis," presented in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery at the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, from October 12, ...

Jacqueline Kennedy eavesdropped through a White House door during the crisis. Sept. 13, 2011— -- President Kennedy, a student of history and President Lincoln, joked darkly after his triumph in ...

The United States has been close to war a number of times, but 63 years ago was the closest this country has ever gotten to nuclear war. President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in a national ...

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On October 22, 1962, John F. Kennedy addressed the world in the first live televised announcement of an international ...

Newly compiled recording give new insight into Kennedy's presidency. Sept. 24, 2012— -- intro: In July 1962, President John F. Kennedy installed hidden recording systems in the Oval Office and in ...

And even after six decades there is an important lesson to be learned. The story is familiar to most of our more seasoned readers. In the wake of the failed Bay of Pigs invasions, Cuba's communist ...

Wildwood Crest. I'm 76 years old. I have lived through the Cuban missile crisis, JFK assassination, the Vietnam war, the turmoil of 1968, Watergate, Iran hostage crisis, 9/11, the ...