1. Thirteen Days- A Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis
RFK's book offers that the Intelligence Community in 1962 gave JFK reports that the Soviet Union would not make Cuba a military base, " the risk of retaliation from the United States would be too great to take the risk in this case- [p.6]. ... Why would the Intelligence Community think it out of the question that the Soviets wouldn't use Cuba as a base? ... When JFK met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko before the discovery of weapons in Cuba was exposed, JFK didn't tip his hand. ... The fact that they waited until their deception was discovered underscores their misc...
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