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#13 'Russian roulette' - Ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

#13 'Russian roulette' - Ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

Update: 2025-09-17
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15 October 1962: Soviet nuclear missile sites are discovered. It’s only three weeks before the mid-term elections. Kennedy decides that to negotiate publicly with Khrushchev would be a disaster at the polls; as would ignoring them which is what his allies advise him to do. So, as Noam Chomsky puts it, the President chooses ‘to play Russian Roulette with nuclear missiles.’ (R)

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#13 'Russian roulette' - Ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

#13 'Russian roulette' - Ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?