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• About the Crisis • Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis

  The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. Fifty years ago the United States and the Soviet Union stood closer to Armageddon than at any other moment in history. In October 1962 Pr...

• Timeline • Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis

  Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center has created this site as a resource for the Cuban Missile Crisis. Designed to help policymakers, students, and interested citizens draw lessons from these critic...

• Key Documents • Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis

  Selected Key Documents: CIA Special National Intelligence Estimate, “Major Consequences of Certain U.S. Courses of Action on Cuba,” October 20, 1962. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, military bri...

• Frequently Asked Questions • Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis

  What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? What was the Cold War? Who were the American and Soviet leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis? What was EXCOMM? Who was Fidel Castro? Why was Castro’s Cuba hostile...

• Background • Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis

  What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? Background, chronologies, and FAQs .

• About this Website • Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis

  The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is the principal foreign policy research center at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Center is the hub of the schoo...