Episode 4 | JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Documentary, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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It is known as the most dangerous moment in human history. In late October of 1962, American spy planes discovered Soviet missile bases with nuclear capabilities on the island of Cuba. Normalcy was put on indefinite pause as millions of Americans grappled with terrifying idea that at any moment, without warning, their communities and loved ones could be decimated by an atomic bomb. While military leaders and hardliners clamored for aggressive action, it was the patience and poise of a president that saved the world from mass destruction. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.6	John F. Kennedy's first reaction was intensely and explicitly personal.
0:38.9	He can't do this to me.
0:40.4	The president of the United States said as he was briefed in bed about the deployment
0:44.4	of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
0:47.5	A deployment that put these weapons of mass destruction fewer than 15 minutes away from
0:52.1	Washington, D.C.
0:54.6	It was the morning of Tuesday, October 16, 1962, the beginning of two of the most dangerous
1:00.4	weeks in human history.
1:03.4	Kennedy called his attorney general, his brother Robert Kennedy, with the news.
1:07.9	Oh, shit, shit, shit!
1:09.9	RFK said, those sons of bitches Russians.
1:14.0	As Shacklin Kennedy described it to Arthur Slazinger Jr. after JFK's assassination,
1:19.6	it was just Cuba, Cuba, all the time in one way or another.
1:24.1	The 13-day crisis itself in October 1962 was a blur of late hours and perpetual meetings.
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