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The Cuban Missile Crisis: What the President Didn't Know
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Dobbs: The View from the Oval Office Can Be Very Limited
02 min 32 secJournalist Michael Dobbs argues that while the nuclear situation in Iran is not directly analogous to the Cuban Missile Crisis, some important lessons where learned from President John F. Kennedy's response to the situation.
Dobbs says, "what a president doesn't know is [as] important as what he does know." -
Michael Dobbs on JFK's Near Disastrous Invasion of Cuba
03 min 29 secAccording to Michael Dobbs' research, the CIA and President John F. Kennedy were dangerously unaware of the number of ground troops and weapons staged on the island by the Soviet Union.
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When the Cold War Spun Out of President Kennedy's Control
04 min 55 secMichael Dobbs describes an incident during the Cuban Missile Crisis when an American plane flew off course into Soviet territory and President Kennedy was not informed until after the fact.
Dobbs says, "events were spinning out of their control." -
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