The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

This day in 1962 marked the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis.  For the next two weeks, the United States and the Soviet Union remained on the brink of nuclear war as President John F. Kennedy negotiated the removal of Soviet-made medium-range missiles, capable of carrying nuclear warheads, 90 miles off the American coastline in Cuba.  

For more information on the Cuban Missile Crisis, try the following resources:

• Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (Our Documents)
• Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis (Library of Congress)
• Cuban Missile Crisis (Avalon Project)
• Cuban Missile Crisis (History Channel)
• Cuban Missile Crisis (JFK Library & Museum)
• Cuban Missile Crisis (Teaching American History)
• Overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Khan Academy)
• The Cuban Missile Crisis (Cold War Museum)
• The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 (George Washington University)
• Thirteen Days and History (Harvard University)

​All of my posts on the Cold War can be found here.