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How close to nuclear war did the Cuban Missile Crisis get?
How close to nuclear war did the Cuban Missile Crisis get?
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
May 3, 2021
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Podcast episode
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The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 saw a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union escalate to the edge of nuclear war. Historian Serhii Plokhy, author of a new account of the crisis, explores the factors that led the two sides back from the brink. (Ad) Serhii Plokhy is the author of Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Allen lane). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0241454735/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod
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Released:
May 3, 2021
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