Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War

Synopsis: On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases on the island of Cuba, 90 miles off the shores of Florida. The events of the next 13 days brought the world closer to nuclear disaster than ever before or since. This is the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, exploring how the earth teetered on the very brink of nuclear holocaust and the fate of the planet lay in the hands of three iconic characters - Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro and John F Kennedy. As the anniversary of the Crisis approaches, nuclear brinks-manship is still high on the international agenda today and the events of October 1962 hold invaluable lessons for a generation too young to remember just how close we came to the end. Capturing the drama of those fateful days, this authored and cinematic film also focuses on the very strong human stories of the witnesses and participants in the Crisis.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2012
Subjects: History; Politics & government
Keywords: Castro, Fidel; Cold War; Cuban missile crisis; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald; nuclear weapons; American Studies; Khrushchev, Nikita

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