5/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy
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5/8: 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 | Maybe your stamps are on the table next to the birthday card you forgot to send. |
| 0:03.9 | Or in that random drawer full of pens, pennies and paperclips. |
| 0:07.8 | Or stuck to your fridge behind a do-list and a magnet from Malaga. |
| 0:11.2 | Or maybe just maybe, then neatly placed in a completely sensible spot. |
| 0:16.1 | After the 31st of January 2023, regular stamps without a barcode will no longer be valid. |
| 0:21.5 | So if you know where your old ones are, this is your last chance to use them up. |
| 0:25.0 | Or you can swap them. |
| 0:26.4 | For more info visit RoyalMail.com slash barcodeit stamps. |
| 0:35.4 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:38.4 | Here's John Bachelors. |
| 0:41.2 | I'm John Bachelors. |
| 0:42.8 | The Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| 0:44.7 | The crisis is at hand. |
| 0:47.2 | It is October 22nd, 23rd in Moscow. |
| 0:51.4 | The Brazilian meeting in the Kremlin. |
| 0:53.8 | Nikita Kurshep is the first secretary. |
| 0:56.7 | The others at the table are critical. |
| 0:59.7 | I turn to Serhi Ploki, his new book, Nuclear Folly, a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, |
| 1:06.0 | using transcripts from the tape recordings that President Kennedy made of his meetings in the White House. |
| 1:12.9 | Using notes that were made at the Brazilian meeting in Moscow, |
| 1:17.0 | these two leaders of nuclear-tipped-powered countries are unaware of what each other is saying |
| 1:23.3 | and their information is out of date and it's often misunderstood by both sides. |
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