The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, which was a major source of Cold War tension in Europe. America and the Soviet Union were competing in the ...

The map showed us the threat faced by the US ... historical sources in The National Archives at Kew, relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960s. Dr. Sam Caslin from Liverpool ...

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded. » VIDEO PREVIEW: Leadership in a nuclear world [opens in a new window] Key players: Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...