MILESTONES IN HISTORY : CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

THE HISTORY OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS - 

MATTHEW A. JORDAN

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Imagine going about your life knowing that, at any given moment, you and everyone you know could be wiped out without warning at the push of a button. This was the reality for millions of people during the forty-five year period after World War II now known as the Cold War. Matthew A. Jordan explains the history behind the peak of all this panic — the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

 

LESSON BY MATHEW A. JORDAN, ANIMATION BY PATRICK SMITH.

 

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