The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 1 of 2

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🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In October 1962, three men – Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro – hold the fate of the planet in their hands. A dispute over Soviet missiles in Cuba spirals out of control. Officials in the USA and the USSR prepare for a war that would end life on Earth as we know it. How exactly did it come to this? And just how close will the world come to nuclear Armageddon? This is a Short History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 1. Written by Joel Duddell. With thanks to Philip Brenner, Professor Emeritus at the American University School of International Service. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's October the 27th 1962.
0:09.6	An American naval destroyer, the USS Beale, chugs through the Caribbean Sea just up
0:15.4	the coast of Cuba.
0:17.9	Down below deep beneath the surface, a Soviet B-59 submarine navigates the tropical waters.
0:25.8	Both vessels are beyond the red line.
0:29.2	They've broken the perimeter that marks the quarantine area recently put in place around
0:33.3	the island.
0:35.8	But while the US destroyer is allowed to be here, the Soviet sub will certainly
0:41.0	isn't.
0:42.7	It's carrying a torpedo, a nuclear-tipped torpedo.
0:47.9	This device has the explosive power of the Hiroshima bomb, and the commander is mere
0:53.6	minutes away from giving the order to fire.
1:01.6	My name is Paul McGahn, and welcome to short history of the Sheldor transports you back
1:07.0	in time to witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
1:12.5	In this episode we're in Cuba in the early 1960s, as a confrontation over missiles brings
1:18.1	the world closer to nuclear war than any other crisis before or since.
1:23.8	From Noiser podcasts, this is a short history of the Cuban missile crisis, Part 1.
1:38.8	On board the submarine, it's brutally, blisteringly hot.
1:44.4	These vessels were built with Arctic waters in mind.
1:47.8	This is the Caribbean Sea.
1:50.6	The onboard cooling systems are failing.
1:53.5	It's so sweltering, the crew cast off their uniforms, going about their work dripping
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