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John F Kennedy, responding to Curtis LeMay (above), October 1962 “We were eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked.” Dean Rusk, US Secretary to State on the Cuban missile crisis, October 1962
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4 days ago · Description: Audio recording of President John F. Kennedy’s radio and television address to the nation regarding the former Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. In his speech President Kennedy reports the establishment of offensive missile sites presumably intended to launch a nuclear offensive against Western nations.
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We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." Visit our online exhibit: World on the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. In October 1962, an American U2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.
Mar 2, 2024 · Fifty years ago, the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster. During the standoff, US President John F. Kennedy thought the chance of escalation to war was "between 1 in 3 and even," and what we have learned in later decades has done nothing to lengthen those odds.
Bullseye chart showing the flight range of Soviet-owned missiles based in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At 8:45 AM on October 16, 1962, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy alerted President Kennedy that a major international crisis was at hand.
President Kennedy and his advisers consider the ramifications of trading Jupiter missiles in Turkey for Soviet missiles in Cuba. Listen to Miller Center recordings from the signature moment of John F. Kennedy's presidency.
Well, as Ted suggested, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous in the Cold War. It can be argued further that it was the most dangerous moment in human history. Because never before had two contending powers possessed between them the technical capacity to blow up the world.
