UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 4/8: 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
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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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| 0:34.7 | This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchel. We're Serhi Ploki. Professor Serhi Ploki's new book is |
| 0:41.0 | nuclear folly, a history of the Cuban missile crisis. He has transcripts from the tapes made by |
| 0:47.3 | President Kennedy in his consultation with his counselors before and after the excom committee of the NSC begins on the 23rd. |
| 0:56.9 | We have notes from the Presidium meeting. |
| 0:59.5 | Kosigen's there. |
| 1:00.5 | Brezhnev's there. |
| 1:01.9 | McCoyen is there. |
| 1:03.6 | And we will come to McCoyan because he, like Adley-Stevenson, |
| 1:06.9 | is a man who represents diplomacy and not war-fighting. |
| 1:11.4 | During the week of following the revelations, on the 19th brainstorming, I'm following the |
| 1:16.8 | professors reporting. |
| 1:18.5 | On the 20th, Rusk brings in Grameco, and they have a confrontational meeting with President |
| 1:24.7 | Kennedy. |
| 1:26.1 | Guamico has excuses claiming the R12s and R14s are |
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