The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 2 of 2

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At the dawn of the twentieth century, a writer emerged who learned his craft not in a classroom, but in battlefields, bullrings, and bars. To some, Ernest Hemingway was the greatest writer of his generation. A Nobel laureate whose sparse, muscular prose changed literature forever ...  Show more

In October 1962, a U-2 spy plane discovered Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba.  The subsequent 13 days were some of the tensest in human history.  The United States and the Soviet Union came closer to nuclear war than at any point in the cold war.  It was only a last-minute co ...  Show more

Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier crushes an attempted coup without mercy. Spooked by this near miss, Duvalier forms his own private militia called the Tonton Macoute. They take their name from a terrifying bogeyman of Haitian mythology. As the horrors of the regime become imp ...  Show more

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. But his rise to power is a fun story BE SMART and get Rocket Money Click the ...  Show more

From the creators of Real Dictators comes a brand-new weekly show. Short History Of... gives you a front-row seat as history's most incredible moments play out right before you. In this taster episode, we're in Cuba. It's October 1962. Three men – Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro – ...  Show more