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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleCuban 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View Article"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...
View ArticleSouth 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...
View ArticleThe Rise Of The Cuban-American Democrat
The Cuban-American Democrat. It is an unusual breed in Florida.
View Article5 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...
View ArticleStories 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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