The World from PRX

Cuban Missile Crisis

Airmen Second Class Joe Andrew and Airmen Second Classes Richard Brooks man the launch control console for a Matador Missile at Osan AB Korea in 1961.
Conflict
America’s missileers stand ready to launch nuclear weapons — and pray they won’t have to
Omar Hernandez in downtown Moscow. He says problems that came from speaking his mind too freely in Cuba led him to leave in the early 90s. Now he's lives in Russia.
Culture
Is Russia’s romance with Cuba coming to an end?
A declassified memo documenting plans for Castro to meet secretly with a US envoy. It's dated the very day of JFK's assassination.
Global Politics
How Kennedy’s assassination ended hopes for a reconciliation with Castro
Global Politics
U.S.-Russia hotline celebrates 50th anniversary
President Kennedy meets with Chairman Khrushchev at the US Embassy residence, Vienna.
Arts, Culture & Media
The White House to Kremlin Hotline: Avoiding War for 50 Years
Global Politics
The Armageddon Letters: 50 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Real End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Global Politics
JFK Library goes digital
Global Politics
Faith on Dana Perrino
Global Politics
Faith on Dana Perino