This category lists pages and sites about the Cuban Missile Crisis. The crisis developed in October 1962 when U.S. intelligence forces discovered the USSR was constructing nuclear missile bases in Cuba that were capable of attacking the United States.
President John Kennedy called for the prompt dismantling and removal of any offensive weapons in Cuba. After days of tense negotiations, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to dismantle the sites and remove all weapons if the United States would promise not to invade Cuba.
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- The Cuban Missile Crisis From Click2History, an interactive tour of America's archives of actual pictures and Presidential options.
- President Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis Examines the controversy that surrounds Kennedy's handling of the international crisis.
- Vincent Voice Library: President John F. Kennedy Hear Kennedy's voice as he outlines the U.S. response to the crisis. In MP3 format.
- The Cuban Missile Crisis Brief history, timeline, and RealAudio recordings from the period.
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Includes photographs of the missile installations, chronology, declassified documents, audio files of White House briefings, and the analysis of contemporary historians.