"In October 1962, the world came closer to destruction than at any other point in modern times. After a US surveillance plane discovered that Soviet nuclear missile sites were being built in Cuba, less than 100 miles from the US mainland, President John F Kennedy responded by ordering the US Navy's Sixth Fleet to impose a naval blockade around the island. Almost two weeks of impossible tension followed."
"For her, the beauty of the show is its attempt to objectively ask: How can people hate each other and go against each other? It was not lost on me how spectacular it is that humans can be friends or have the potential to be complete enemies, adds Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, nephew of JFK and now an author and lawyer."
US surveillance detected Soviet nuclear missile sites being constructed in Cuba in October 1962, less than 100 miles from the US mainland. President John F. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade that triggered thirteen days of extreme tension. A single attack could have produced a chain reaction of global nuclear strikes and counterstrikes with catastrophic consequences. The crisis unfolded largely in public view, allowing the world to watch events escalate in near real time while the actual danger remained greater than many realised. Relatives of key leaders convey both American and Soviet perspectives and the narrow avoidance of military action.
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