Society, History, By Time Period, Twentieth Century, 1960s, Cuban Missile Crisis
See Also:
- Copies and translation of letters exchanged between Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy during the crisis.
- A virtual exhibit from Le Mémorial de Caen--a peace museum in France--on the crisis. Includes timeline, text, photos, and a newspaper archive. Site is available in English, Spanish, and French.
- Brief official overview of the role of the National Security Agency in the crisis.
- US CIA analysis of denial and deception efforts, beginning in the spring of 1962.
- US Department of State documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis and after.
- Transcript of the famous debate between U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson and Soviet representative Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council.
- Max Frankel, a reporter for the New York Times in 1963, gives a brisk tour of the crisis.
- Timeline and commentary on the missile crisis, from a Marxist perspective.
- Extracts from Naval Secretary's reports, participating ships and units, operational overview, and bibliography.
- Extensive collection of U.S. government documents from the missile crisis period. Plus list of key players, glossary of abbreviations, and sources.
- Comprehensive account of the events from the US National Security Archive. Includes declassified documents, audio files, photographs, and commentary.
- An overview, plus links, of the military operations aspects of the crisis.
- RealAudio files of recordings made in Kennedy's Oval Office during the crisis. The site includes extensive notes on each recording.
- Illustrated site from the Federation of American Scientists which focuses on the role of overhead photography in identifying the missile sites in Cuba. Site also includes edited CIA documents and links to other sites.
- List of links to documents on Cuba, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- News account of comments on the crisis by Sergei Khrushchev, the son of Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Premier in 1962 and a chief architect of the plan to place missiles in Cuba.
- This Thinkquest site (geared to high school students) gives an overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis and includes documents, images, history, and analysis.
- Site for the 40th anniversary exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Library has a chronology and extensive links to documents and audio files.
- US Air Force Museum discusses the use of U-2 and RF-101 reconaissance aircraft during the missile crisis. Includes information on the camera systems.
- Archive of National Security Agency documents during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- US socialist analysis of Kennedy-Khrushchev agreement's detrimental effect on world workers' movements.
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