3/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy
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🗓️ 29 December 2022
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3/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy
https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must relearn the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban missile crisis.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes you just need to get away. |
| 0:02.8 | And for the Aglewall family, it was well over June. |
| 0:05.5 | They wanted to know exactly what they were getting, |
| 0:08.0 | like knowing their kids stay and eat a delicious breakfast for free. |
| 0:11.6 | Yes! |
| 0:12.6 | And no need to look heavy bags, with free parking at over 500 hotels. |
| 0:17.4 | Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip. |
| 0:19.8 | Cremeier Inn, rest easy. |
| 0:21.9 | Only available to book at cremierin.com. |
| 0:24.9 | Season C's apply, of two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full-paying adult. |
| 0:31.9 | This is CBSI in the world. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm John Bachelord, Professor Serhi Ploki. |
| 0:39.2 | His new book is Nuclear Folly, a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| 0:44.0 | It is 1962. |
| 0:45.7 | The White House has informed there's a red line and it's been crossed. |
| 0:50.8 | The White House is seeking an answer. |
| 0:52.9 | But why? |
| 0:53.9 | Why did Khrushchev do this? |
| 0:56.1 | As Kennedy says in his first blush of analysis, he doesn't gain anything from this. |
| 1:02.2 | He can wipe us out with his ICBMs. |
| 1:04.8 | He doesn't need to put medium range or short range missiles into Cuba. |
| 1:08.7 | He certainly doesn't need them to put them in the hands of Castro's regime. |
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