The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, which was a major source of Cold War tension in Europe. America and the Soviet Union were competing in the ...

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 ...

While not as well known as the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the “Norwegian rocket incident” is considered one of the world’s closest brushes with nuclear war. In the early morning hours of ...

The second Great Decisions Discussions talk of the season on “Cuba and the U.S.” will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Chanhassen Library. The United States announced in December 2014 that, ...