The Cuban Missile Crisis: Dangerous days
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The Second Week of the Cuban Missile Crisis
As many as one in five Americans believed that they were on the verge of World War Three. Kennedy and Khrushchev wrote to each other, saying it's your fault, we're not backing down. They just dig their heels in and don't offer any kind of compromise. It's clear if you're going to get out of the missile crisis, there needs to be compromise.
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