
The Edge of Armageddon (Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Rf K Was Not a Dove in This Process
Stern explains that on black saturday, after hrusha's offer to trade his missiles in cuba for our missiles in turkey, j f k expressed openness to that idea. But the x com continued to resist jf k's readiness to respond to kruse's public offer. And r f k was consistently one of the most outspoken leaders of the hawkish side. Bobby vigorously opposed the idea of accepting the deal. Even late at night on black s Saturday, he was still talking like a hawk.
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In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brough the world the brink of nuclear war, 3 times just on one day. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how we can to the edge of Armageddon and avoided it, as well as the aftermath and ramifications of the crisis.
