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Did the Truman Doctrine contribute to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
I have heard that the brinkmanship foreign policy of Eisenhower and Kennedy lead, in part, to the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, I am curious: did the Truman Doctrine also contribute, in part, to the ...
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Why did Kennedy refuse any military action in Laos at first and then decide otherwise by sending combat troops?
I was lately reading a lot about the civil war in Laos and the American involvement in there and now I am quite confused about the following:
What is the special thing about the administration of ...
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Identify these Cold War speeches from a movie trailer [closed]
I've recently seen a movie trailer that contains 2 speeches of president John F. Kennedy and one speech of Khrushchev.
Could anyone provide the links of the original speeches?
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What role did the space race play in reducing the nuclear threat during the 1960s?
Today I visited again the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, a space flight history museum, and noticed for the first time the claim that part of John F. Kennedy's motivation for pushing for a ...
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