Ten Tales from the Cuban Missile Crisis

What if this—all of this—just… wasn’t? In October 1962, that hypothetical, and all its literal fallout, became as close to reality as ever before or since. With the introduction of Soviet nuclear-capable missiles less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from American soil, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought arguably the most frightening fortnight in modern history. […]

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