Secondary Source
Introduction
The Cuban Missile Crisis was an intense, two week standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the placement of Soviet missiles on the island nation of Cuba in the Summer and Fall of 1962. Cuba, only ninety miles from American soil, was an uncomfortably close location for Soviet nuclear weapons, as from there they could strike any major U.S. city without any warning. Explore the secondary source article below to understand the basic timeline of events before reviewing pertinent primary sources.
This excerpt can be found at http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/fall/cuban-missiles.html This article was adapted from The Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy's Address to the Nation, published by NARA in 1988 as part of its "Milestone Documents in the National Archives" series.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was an intense, two week standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the placement of Soviet missiles on the island nation of Cuba in the Summer and Fall of 1962. Cuba, only ninety miles from American soil, was an uncomfortably close location for Soviet nuclear weapons, as from there they could strike any major U.S. city without any warning. Explore the secondary source article below to understand the basic timeline of events before reviewing pertinent primary sources.
This excerpt can be found at http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/fall/cuban-missiles.html This article was adapted from The Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy's Address to the Nation, published by NARA in 1988 as part of its "Milestone Documents in the National Archives" series.