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David Korfhage

50 Years Ago: The Cuban Missile Crisis - In Focus - The Atlantic - 3 views

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  • David Korfhage on 15 Oct 12
     
    A nice gallery of photos from the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Van Weringh

Cuban Missile Crisis -- 50th Anniversary | Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center has c... - 3 views

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    The 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, coming up this October
Ed Webb

U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba - ABC News - 0 views

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  • In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
  • plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities
  • to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro
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  • "The whole point of a democracy is to have leaders responding to the public will, and here this is the complete reverse, the military trying to trick the American people into a war that they want but that nobody else wants."
  • neither the American public, nor the Cuban public, wanted to see U.S. troops deployed to drive out Castro. Reflecting this, the U.S. plan called for establishing prolonged military — not democratic — control over the island nation after the invasion.
  • a time when there was distrust in the military leadership about their civilian leadership, with leaders in the Kennedy administration viewed as too liberal, insufficiently experienced and soft on communism. At the same time, however, there real were concerns in American society about their military overstepping its bounds
  • reports U.S. military leaders had encouraged their subordinates to vote conservative during the election
  • One idea was to create a war between Cuba and another Latin American country so that the United States could intervene. Another was to pay someone in the Castro government to attack U.S. forces at the Guantanamo naval base — an act, which Bamford notes, would have amounted to treason. And another was to fly low level U-2 flights over Cuba, with the intention of having one shot down as a pretext for a war.
  • Afraid of a congressional investigation, Lemnitzer had ordered all Joint Chiefs documents related to the Bay of Pigs destroyed, says Bamford. But somehow, these remained.
Nate Merrill

Thirteen Days Movie Lesson - 7 views

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    Topics: U.S./1945 - 1991; World/Russia; Cuban Missile Crisis; Cold War;
Christina Briola

Interactive Exhibits - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum - 8 views

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    Interactive sites: Moon Exploration Cuban Missile Crisis White House Diary--JFK's daily schedule while in office JFK Timeline Integrating Ole Miss Virtual Museum Tour
Van Weringh

The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Movie "13 Days" misrepresents events - 6 views

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    This excellent article explains how the movie "13 days" misrepresents the actual events.
Van Weringh

The Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Printout -- TIME - 11 views

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  • Van Weringh on 31 Aug 10
     
    Time article from 1982, 20th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Simon Miles

History of Cuba - 6 views

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  • Simon Miles on 16 Aug 10
     
    "Our mission is to provide a clear and detailed journey through the themes, concepts, people and ideas that make up Cuban history."
Tom

1847 Pioneer Trek & Other Historical Reenactments via Twitter - 11 views

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  • Tom on 04 Apr 10
     
    In April 1847, a group of pioneers left Omaha, Nebraska and headed west. Their group consisted of 147 men, three women, and two children. Their journey would cover more than 1,000 miles, and cross the Rocky Mountains. This small group would pave the way for more than 70,000 people to make the same journey. On Monday, April 5, 2010 you can start following the same journey as volunteers reenact the 1847 Pioneer Trek via Twitter. More info at http://twhistory.org/1847-pioneer-trek/. The TwHistory project began in early 2009 with the first Twitter reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg over a period of several weeks. Later that year a high school class reenacted the Cuban Missile Crisis. TwHistory is based on the idea that historical reenactments can take place online and have positive effects for all involved. In school settings these virtual reenactments can increase engagement while providing opportunities for students to research personal journals and other primary source documents. In order to organize, study, and preserve these online reenactments we have created http://TwHistory.org
David Hilton

Cold War International History Project : - 0 views

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  • David Hilton on 29 Aug 09
     
    I've found this to be a great source of information on the Cold War, and they have an email newsletter (which makes it easy to keep up with news, etc).
David Hilton

The National Security Archive - 1 views

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shared by David Hilton on 12 Aug 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 12 Aug 09
     
    Will contain some interesting documents relating to events in American history during the 20th and 21st centuries. Definitely one for the conspiracy nuts.
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