The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of ... Michael Dobbs, Writer: Kennedy repeats his demand for Khrushchev to pull out, says that time is of ...

Nothing caught global attention and heightened tensions as did the Cuban Missile Crisis. The new young President ... communist Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The outcome was uncertain.

Only Saturday, construction at the Cuban missile bases was reported in full swing. Khrushchev added that ... Castro's invitation to discuss the Cuban crisis. A U.N. spokesman said that Thant ...

Putin and Khrushchev represent two opposing strategic options, neither an offshoot of the unpopular war in Ukraine. For his ...

He attempted the most daring penetration into this hemisphere, then back down in a global showdown before President Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis. In May of 1964, Khrushchev announced that ...

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded ... Fidel Castro (top left), Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (bottom left) and U.S. President John F.

"For the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat ... nuclear annihilation It began when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev broke a promise and installed nuclear weapons ...

Castro and Khrushchev were now trading partners ... Instead, Kennedy was able to claim victory in the Cuban Missile Crisis by showing that he had not backed down.

The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of ... Michael Dobbs, Writer: Kennedy repeats his demand for Khrushchev to pull out, says that time is of ...