The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was the moment that the United States and the Soviet Union came closest ...

The United States government says it has evidence that a much smaller adversary may have acquired nuclear weapons. The evidence, however, is ambiguous. A debate ensues in the press and the Congress -- ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: There is no doubt that the United States could have conquered Cuba in 1962. Whether there would have been anything left of Cuba—or America, or Russia—other than ...

Key point: The Soviet Union had sent nuclear missiles to Cuba. Attention, people of Cuba: Obey the orders of the U.S. Army, or suffer the consequences. This is what the Cubans would have been told, ...

It’s hard to attribute anything but coincidence to the fact that Cuban President Raúl Castro issued a major immigration reform on Tuesday, Oct. 16, which was the 50th anniversary of the start of the ...

BOSTON — An old map of Cuba is up for auction in Boston — but it’s much more than a map. It’s a historic artifact from some of the darkest days of the Cold War, when Washington and Moscow reached a ...

The arrival at Havana harbor this week of three Russian military ships and a nuclear-powered submarine to take part in exercises in the Caribbean should set off alarm in Washington. Officials told ...

On November 20, 1962, President John F Kennedy lifts the Cuba Naval Blockade. On October 22, 1962, in a televised address, President Kennedy told a watching nation there were Soviet missiles being ...

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War By Michael Dobbs (Vintage Books, 426 pages, $17 paper) Anyone old enough to recall the fortnight in October 1962 when ...