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 ...

Today, 50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis ... Nations attempting to resolve the crisis, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent a coded message to Kennedy through the Soviet Embassy in ...

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

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.

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 ...