American President John F. Kennedy was under pressure to stand up to the communist Soviet Union. This would influence some of the decisions he took in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

an event that became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The weapons could have destroyed the United States and so President John F Kennedy blockaded the country. Welshman Sir David Ormsby-Gore ...

The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of ... They fired against our low-altitude surveillance. John F. Kennedy (archival audio): A U-2 was shot ...

Nothing caught global attention and heightened tensions as did the Cuban Missile Crisis. The new young President John F. Kennedy faced off with the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and the ...

The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of ... They fired against our low-altitude surveillance. John F. Kennedy (archival audio): A U-2 was shot ...

Canada once hosted nukes on it's land? O' you betcha there, bud! The Cuban Missile Crisis led Canada to allow the U.S.

Kennedy to invoke ... agreement to end the crisis. As we quibble with China over one small missile system in our midst, we ...

"It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against ... It was President Kennedy's finest hour, recognized now by all but the Russians as a turning ...

According to his critics, Jimmy Carter was a humanitarian president and a weak leader. He faced enormous challenges that were ...

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded ... and U.S. President John F. Kennedy.