Nothing caught global attention and heightened tensions as did the Cuban Missile Crisis. The new young President John F. Kennedy faced ... Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The outcome was uncertain.

A veteran correspondent’s memoir reveals the humanity and misjudgment of the Soviet leader who sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Over the course of 13 days in October 1962, Kennedy avoided war with the Soviet Union through a willingness to proceed with caution -- and a gamble that Premier Nikita Khrushchev was just as ...

In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a standoff that became the closest we have ever come to a nuclear exchange. This followed after the United States stationed ...

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what ... left), Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (bottom left) and U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Only Saturday, construction at the Cuban missile ... Kennedy accepted the Soviet leader's proposals late in the afternoon, rocket removal must be carried out in detail. He said Khrushchev's ...

Over the course of 13 days in October 1962, Kennedy avoided war with the Soviet Union through a willingness to proceed with caution -- and a gamble that Premier Nikita Khrushchev was just as ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after ... the Soviet Union and their leader, Nikita Khrushchev. It was an embarrassing failure for Kennedy and the CIA. Kennedy had won the presidential ...