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How Kennedy Stepped Back From The Brink Of War

Fifty years ago, the United States stood on the brink of nuclear war. On Oct. 16, 1962, the national security adviser handed President John F. Kennedy black-and-white photos of Cuba taken by an...

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How Cuba Nearly Joined The Nuclear Club

Recent research and a new book by the son of a Soviet insider are putting the Cuban Missile Crisis of a half century ago in a scary new light. Juan Tamayo of the Miami Herald reports we were closer to...

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Cuban Missile Crisis Passes Quietly, 50 Years Later

The small town of Bejucal, 20 miles south of Havana, looks much as it did in October 1962. Horse carts carry passengers and fresh-cut green bananas through narrow streets lined with pastel-colored...

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How The Cuban Missile Crisis Shaped Miami

ListenHow the Cuban Missile Crisis shaped Miami.Where were you on October 22, 1962?If you aren’t old enough to remember, ask someone over 50. That day, when President Kennedy revealed in a national TV...

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"It Would Have Been A Total Holocaust"

Sunrise man, 81, remembers his role in history on the front lines of the Cuban Missile Crisis as an Army Officer. It's still hard for Henry Mack IV to talk about. So hard, that he's barely told anyone...

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South Florida In The Cross-Hairs: Charles Carter

October 1962 was life-changing for Miami native Charles Carter. Though he was only 16, he skipped school to go to an Army Recruiting Office the morning after President Kennedy's speech revealed Russian...

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The Rise Of The Cuban-American Democrat

    The Cuban-American Democrat. It is an unusual breed in Florida.

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What You Don’t Know About the Cuban Revolution

    

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5 Myths About Nuclear Weapons

06/04/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with nuclear historian Ward Wilson, author of FIVE MYTHS ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Millions of American baby-boomers grew up haunted by the possibility of nuclear...

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Stories Of Conflict: Cuba, Rommel & The Art Of War

On Tuesday nights, WLRN presents stories of conflict: wars, warriors and weapons. On January 14, starting at 8:00 p.m., the line-up includes the Cuban Missile Crisis, the battles in the North African...

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