Is the World More Dangerous 50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
In October the world will observe the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world came closest to nuclear war. In this Wilson Center National Conversation, panelists will discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis and the lessons that it holds in the context of the upcoming US presidential election.
Overview
In October the world will observe the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world came closest to nuclear war. In this Wilson Center National Conversation, panelists will discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis and the lessons that it holds in the context of the upcoming US presidential election.
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Speakers
Jane Harman
Michael Dobbs
Former Washington Post reporter and author of One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
Graham Allison
Timothy J Naftali
Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service and a Clinical Associate Professor of History, New York University
Tom Gjelten
Correspondent, National Public Radio
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