Militiamen trained in the Escambray mountains while superpowers tested each other’s resolve. The background in this composite image is from a U-2 photo of Cuba ...

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 ...

THE rumors and accusations about the massive Soviet buildup in Castro’s Cuba had to be answered. New York’s Republican Senator Kenneth Keating vowed to eat his hat if his charges were not right.

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Naval War College Review Vol. 28, No. 3, Winter 1976 THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND SOVIET NAVA ...

For 13 days in October of 1962, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war: Cuba and the Soviet Union were locked in a standoff with the U.S. at the height of the Cold War. Here's a look at ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962 and became one of the most tense moments of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. The cause of the tensions was the ...