WASHINGTON -- In spite of slowly improving relations with Cuba, pure tourism is still banned. But starting Tuesday, New York's first regularly scheduled direct charter flights to the communist nation ...
In today’s highly charged political environment, in which a president’s handling of international crises, however competent or inept, is immediately subject to hyperbole and sanctification by ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Americans know of JFK for many different reasons. Some love him for his charisma, others for his optimistic vision for America, and most, of ...
The United States has been close to war a number of times, but 63 years ago was the closest this country has ever gotten to nuclear war. President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in a national ...
Back in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy enforced a trade embargo between the US and Cuba, travel between the countries became illegal. It was a travel ban that would remain in place for almost ...
"This book is based on the exhibition "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis," presented in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery at the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, from October 12, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. The Cuban Missile Crisis highlights how misinformation and ...