Cuban Missile Crisis (1960s)

Cuban Missile Crisis Sites:

Reconnaissance and the Cuban Missile Crisis Reconnaissance and the Cuban Missile Crisis: US Air Force Museum discusses the use of U-2 and RF-101 reconaissance aircraft during the missile crisis. Includes information on the camera systems. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/cmc.htm Khrushchev and Kennedy Letters Khrushchev and Kennedy Letters: Copies and translation of letters exchanged between Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy during the crisis. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://metalab.unc.edu/pjones/russian/Cold_War__Cuban_Missile_Crisis.html Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis: US CIA analysis of denial and deception efforts, beginning in the spring of 1962. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/vol46no1/article06.html Fourteen Days in October Fourteen Days in October: This Thinkquest site (geared to high school students) gives an overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis and includes documents, images, history, and analysis. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/ The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary: Comprehensive account of the events from the US National Security Archive. Includes declassified documents, audio files, photographs, and commentary. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/ The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: 1961-1963 Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: 1961-1963 Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath: Extensive collection of U.S. government documents from the missile crisis period. Plus list of key players, glossary of abbreviations, and sources. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/cuba/cubamenu.htm The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962: A virtual exhibit from Le Mémorial de Caen--a peace museum in France--on the crisis. Includes timeline, text, photos, and a newspaper archive. Site is available in English, Spanish, and French. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.cubacrisis.net/ An Index of Documents Relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis An Index of Documents Relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis: List of links to documents on Cuba, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/cuba.htm US Naval Historical Center Frequently Asked Questions US Naval Historical Center Frequently Asked Questions: Extracts from Naval Secretary's reports, participating ships and units, operational overview, and bibliography. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq90-1.htm State Department Documents: Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath State Department Documents: Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath: US Department of State documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis and after. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/frusXI/index.html Cuban History: Missile Crisis Cuban History: Missile Crisis: Timeline and commentary on the missile crisis, from a Marxist perspective. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/subject/missile-crisis/ The World On the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis The World On the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: Site for the 40th anniversary exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Library has a chronology and extensive links to documents and audio files. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.jfklibrary.org/cmc_exhibit_2002.html Intelligence Imagery and the Cuban Missiles Crisis Intelligence Imagery and the Cuban Missiles Crisis: Illustrated site from the Federation of American Scientists which focuses on the role of overhead photography in identifying the missile sites in Cuba. Site also includes edited CIA documents and links to other sites. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/cuba.htm White House Audio Tapes, October 18-29, 1962 White House Audio Tapes, October 18-29, 1962: RealAudio files of recordings made in Kennedy's Oval Office during the crisis. The site includes extensive notes on each recording. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.hpol.org/jfk/cuban/ UN Cuban Missile Crisis Debate UN Cuban Missile Crisis Debate: Transcript of the famous debate between U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson and Soviet representative Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1962-cuba-un1.html NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis--Overview NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis--Overview: Brief official overview of the role of the National Security Agency in the crisis. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00033.cfm Moscow's Betrayal of the Cuban Revolution Moscow's Betrayal of the Cuban Revolution: US socialist analysis of Kennedy-Khrushchev agreement's detrimental effect on world workers' movements. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.weisbord.org/Betrayal.htm Sergei Khrushchev Outlines Missile Crisis Sergei Khrushchev Outlines Missile Crisis: News account of comments on the crisis by Sergei Khrushchev, the son of Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Premier in 1962 and a chief architect of the plan to place missiles in Cuba. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.kstatecollegian.com/issues/v099b/sp/n116/cam-cuban-linin.html NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis--Document archive NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis--Document archive: Archive of National Security Agency documents during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.nsa.gov/cuba/cuba00007.cfm Learning from the Missile Crisis Learning from the Missile Crisis: Max Frankel, a reporter for the New York Times in 1963, gives a brisk tour of the crisis. (Cuban Missile Crisis) http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/oct02/missile_crisis_full_1.html