Is the World More Dangerous 50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
In October the world will observe the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world came closest to nuclear war. In this 乐鱼 体育 National Conversation, panelists will discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis and the lessons that it holds in the context of the upcoming US presidential election.
Speakers
Former Washington Post reporter and author of One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
Clinical Associate Professor of聽Public Service and a Clinical Associate Professor of History, New York University
Correspondent, National Public Radio
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