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The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/
Comprehensive account of the events from the US National Security Archive. Includes declassified documents, audio files, photographs, and commentary. |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis - http://www.cubacrisis.net/
A virtual exhibit from Le Mémorial de Caen, includes timeline, text, photos, and a newspaper archive. |
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US Naval Historical Center Frequently Asked Questions - http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq90-1.htm
Extracts from Naval Secretary's reports, participating ships and units, operational overview, and bibliography. |
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State Department Documents: Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath - http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/frusXI/index.html
US Department of State documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis and after. |
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Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy - Cuban Missile Crisis - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/cuba.htm
List of links to documents on Cuba, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
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The World On the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis - http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_intro.html
Site for the 40th anniversary exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Library has a chronology and extensive links to documents and audio files. |
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Fourteen Days in October - http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/
This Thinkquest site (geared to high school students) gives an overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis and includes documents, images, history, and analysis. |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 18-29, 1962 - http://www.hpol.org/jfk/cuban/
RealAudio files of recordings made in Kennedy's Oval Office during the crisis, includes extensive notes on each recording. |
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United Nations - Cuban Missile Crisis Debate - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1962-cuba-un1.html
Transcript of the famous debate between U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson and Soviet representative Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council. |
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Address on the Cuban Crisis - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1962kennedy-cuba.html
Speech given by John F. Kennedy on October 22, 1962. |
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Cuban Missile Crisis - http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/russian/Cold_War__Cuban_Missile_Crisis.html
Copies and translation of letters exchanged between Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy during the crisis. |
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Intelligence Imagery and the Cuban Missiles Crisis - http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/cuba.htm
Illustrated site from the Federation of American Scientists focuses on the role of overhead photography in identifying the missile sites in Cuba. Site also includes edited CIA documents and links to other sites. |
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Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis - https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no1/article06.html
US CIA analysis of denial and deception efforts, beginning in the spring of 1962. |
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Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba - http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03CubaCrisis10221962.htm
Text and audio of President Kennedy's October 22, 1962 speech about the events. |
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1961-1963 Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/msc_cubamenu.asp
Extensive collection of U.S. government documents from the period, including list of key players, glossary of abbreviations, and sources. |