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7. Eyeball to eyeball

President Kennedy addresses the nation and imposes a blockade on ships bound for Cuba. Premier Khrushchev says it is 鈥渁n act of piracy.鈥 But will his ships turn back?

President Kennedy sends shockwaves around the world with a televised speech to the nation. He imposes a blockade on all ships bound for Cuba - Premier Khrushchev brands it 鈥渁n act of piracy鈥. But he knows that hidden in a tiny Cuban port, there鈥檚 a Soviet ship laden with unimaginable destructive power. Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders, tell the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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