A spy photo of a ballistic missile base in San Cristobal, Cuba, taken in October of 1962. (Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Over 13 days beginning on Oct. 16, 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union were at the brink of a nuclear conflict. But since the Cold War ended, some historical assumptions about the crisis have changed.

Now, 60 years after the missile crisis, Putin seems to be embracing Kennedy’s flawed lesson that global powers can determine the security alliances of smaller neighbors if they act tough enough.

The ongoing war in Ukraine and increasingly escalatory rhetoric from Russia has raised fears of nuclear war. These developments have led to comparisons with the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13-day ...

Politics The Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis Are Actually Pretty Useless Right Now The possibility of nuclear war over Ukraine has everyone talking about 1962—but today’s conflict has ...

The missile crisis seized the world’s attention in October 1962. President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States had discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba “capable of striking ...

The history of the Nike Missle Restoration Project 05:14. Hi Everyone! It is history now, but the Cold War, 1954 to 1974, was a very real deal. I would bet many of you reading this were not born yet.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Sergei Kruschev, the son of Nikita Kruschev, who was Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis, provided the Soviet perspective on the ...