And even after six decades there is an important lesson to be learned. The story is familiar to most of our more seasoned readers. In the wake of the failed Bay of Pigs invasions, Cuba's communist ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Air Force pilot who was killed during the Cuban Missile Crisis was honored on the 63-year anniversary of his death. On October 27, 1962, Maj. Rudolf Anderson was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. The Cuban Missile Crisis highlights how misinformation and ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Renata Keller is an associate professor of history at the ...

The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was the moment that the United States and the Soviet Union came closest to nuclear war. The conventional wisdom is that decision-making occurred “with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. The Cuban Missile Crisis was partly resolved by a reporter acting as ...

Renata Keller received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Philosophical Society. Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world ...