Cold War

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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Warns President John F. Kennedy of “Catastrophic Consequences”—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Eight
October 23, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
President John F. Kennedy Tells the World That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba-Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Seven
October 22, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
President John F. Kennedy Prepares to Tell the Nation About Soviet Missiles in Cuba—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Six
October 21, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
President John F. Kennedy Fakes a Fever—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Five
October 20, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Four: Kennedy Campaigns While the ExComm Debates
October 19, 2026
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Three: Foreign Minister Gromyko Lies Kennedy
October 18, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Two: Kennedy Solicits Eisenhower’s Advice
October 17, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day One: Kennedy Learns That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba
October 16, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The United States Discovers Soviet Missiles in Cuba
October 15, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Major Richard S. Heyser’s U-2 Mission Discovers Soviet Missiles in Cuba
October 14, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Andrei Gromyko Tells a Lie at the United Nations
September 21, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Nikita Khrushchev's 1959 Visit to the United States
September 15, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1963 State Department Cable Authorizing the Overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem
August 24, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1953 Overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq
August 19, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
August 7, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
August 4, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
John F. Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” Speech
June 26, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Self-Immolation of Thich Quang Duc
June 11, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
John F. Kennedy’s “Strategy of Peace” Speech and the Push to Limit Nuclear Weapons
June 10, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Announcement of the Marshall Plan
June 5, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Lessons of the Fall of Saigon
April 30, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
April 17, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
NSC-68 and the Dawn of the Cold War
April 14, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Dean Acheson and the Birth of the Liberal International Order
April 11, 2026
By James M. Lindsay