The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of Kennedy's most lasting legacies. Narrator: The Soviets seemed intent on testing the quarantine line that ...

The map showed us the threat faced by the US ... sources in The National Archives at Kew, relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960s. Dr. Sam Caslin from Liverpool University explains ...

The crisis that developed over Cuba in October 1962 almost resulted in nuclear war and worldwide destruction. The USA discovered that the USSR was constructing missile sites for nuclear weapons in ...

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded. » VIDEO PREVIEW: Leadership in a nuclear world [opens in a new window] Key players: Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...