
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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