8/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy
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8/8: 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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| 0:35.2 | This is CBS Ion the World. I'm John Batser with Professor Serhi Ploki. |
| 0:39.6 | His exciting thrilling, challenging, amazing new book |
| 0:43.4 | is Nuclear Folly, a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| 0:47.3 | The world started again on October 27th. By October 28th, |
| 0:51.9 | the perception in Washington is that Jack Kennedy has won. |
| 0:55.0 | The perception in Moscow is Nikita Kurschev to rationalize. |
| 1:00.4 | Well, I've made them promise they won't invade the island, so we've saved Cuba. |
| 1:04.1 | Well, I've got the missiles out of Turkey, |
| 1:06.9 | but Melonovsky, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, |
| 1:10.5 | their equivalent, General-in-Chief and other voices at the Presidium that would be Mr. Kosegan |
| 1:16.8 | and Mr. Brezhnev. Do not believe that it's a success, |
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