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World Service,12 Jan 2026,37 mins

Series Kennedy and Khrushchev

8. The logic of war

The Bomb

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Troops in Cuba fear an attack is imminent, as alarm grows around the world. Fidel Castro urges Khrushchev to strike first. The Soviet premier warns President Kennedy, in a long and emotional letter, that “the knot of war� has been tied - soon "even he who tied it will not have the strength to untie it�. This is the personal and political story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, told by Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy.

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