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 ...

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 ...

Kennedy stated he would guide the nation out of the so-called “conservative rut.” Challenges: The arms race with the Soviet Union continued and escalated in the Cuban Missile Crisis. John F. Kennedy ...

From the Cuban missile crisis to the election of Donald Trump, history has seen inflection points where alternative outcomes weren’t just possible, but actively planned for. So what can words that ...