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The Bomb Episodes

    Bonus: The History Bureau

    If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that turns out to be flawed?

    10. FalloutKennedy and Khrushchev

    10/10 Can war be averted? The Cuban Missile Crisis reaches its climax

    9. Black SaturdayKennedy and Khrushchev

    9/10 Soviet anti-aircraft fire brings down a spy plane over Cuba – the crisis spirals

    8. The logic of warKennedy and Khrushchev

    8/10 Troops in Cuba fear an attack is imminent – Castro urges Khrushchev to strike first

    7. Eyeball to eyeballKennedy and Khrushchev

    7/10 President Kennedy addresses the nation and imposes a blockade on ships bound for Cuba

    6. Kennedy’s moveKennedy and Khrushchev

    6/10 Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba

    5. The crisis: Day oneKennedy and Khrushchev

    5/10 Spy plane pictures reveal the missile build up to the Americans. How will they respond?

    4. Almost caughtKennedy and Khrushchev

    4/10 Soviet ships carry nuclear missiles to Cuba. But the US can’t prove it

    3. GambleKennedy and Khrushchev

    3/10 The Soviets secretly plan to move an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba

    2. King of bombsKennedy and Khrushchev

    2/10 Vienna talks break down, the Berlin wall rises and a huge bomb is tested over the Arctic

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