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Cuban Missile Crisis: The showdown

Witness History

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My Father and Sergey Khrushchev

Sergey Khrushchev, then 27 years old, was very close to his father. The pair spent weekends together picking mushrooms and rowing on the river. They didn't talk too much about politics as they were more interested in agriculture. He repeated many times the diplomacy, most important, not push your opponent in the corner. If he will be pushed in the corner, then maybe he will push the button.

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