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Thirteen Days: The Mechanics of the Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, the world stood on the precipice of thermonuclear war. The crisis began when American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft photographed the construction of Soviet ballistic missile facilities on the island of Cuba, just ninety miles from the coast of Florida. This deployment represented a direct and unprecedented threat to the United States, fundamentally altering the strategic balance of the Cold War.
President John F. Kennedy immediately convened a secretive group of advisors, known as the Executive Committee of the National Security Council, to formulate a response. The military brass strongly advocated for a pre-emptive airstrike followed by a full-scale invasion of Cuba. However, Kennedy and his civilian advisors feared that such aggressive action would inevitably trigger a retaliatory Soviet strike on West Berlin, leading to an uncontrollable escalation.
Instead