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Jon Rosebank, Penelope Middelboe
#15 ‘The Fourteenth Day’ - Ep 6 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?
29 minutes Posted Dec 5, 2021 at 2:09 pm.
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Rereleasing series with greatest international following for those whose podcast platforms don't show playlists per series
Synopsis: 28 October 1962: by holding his nerve Kennedy defuses the crisis in just 13 days. He says it’s over although he’s unable to verify whether Khrushchev ever withdraws his missiles or not. The last missiles do indeed leave Cuba on day 48 of the crisis but for very different reasons.