Web Directory

» 1961-1963 Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath
   Extensive collection of U.S. government documents from the period, including list of key players, glossary of abbreviations, and sources.
   http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/msc_cubamenu.asp

» Address on the Cuban Crisis
   Speech given by John F. Kennedy on October 22, 1962.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1962kennedy-cuba.html

» Cuban History: Missile Crisis
   Timeline and commentary on the missile crisis, from a Marxist perspective.
   http://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/subject/missile-crisis/

» Cuban Missile Crisis
   Copies and translation of letters exchanged between Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy during the crisis.
   http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/russian/Cold_War__Cuban_Missile_Crisis.html

» Cuban Missile Crisis--Military Operations
   An overview, plus links, of the military operations aspects of the crisis.
   http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cuba-62.htm

» Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy - Cuban Missile Crisis
   List of links to documents on Cuba, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
   http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/cuba.htm

» Fourteen Days in October
   This Thinkquest site (geared to high school students) gives an overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis and includes documents, images, history, and analysis.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/

» Intelligence Imagery and the Cuban Missiles Crisis
   Illustrated site from the Federation of American Scientists focuses on the role of overhead photography in identifying the missile sites in Cuba. Site also includes edited CIA documents and links to other sites.
   http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/cuba.htm

» Learning from the Missile Crisis
   Max Frankel, a reporter for the New York Times in 1963, gives a brisk tour of the crisis.
   http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/missile.html

» Moscow's Betrayal of the Cuban Revolution
   US socialist analysis of Kennedy-Khrushchev agreement's detrimental effect on world workers' movements.
   http://www.weisbord.org/Betrayal.htm

» Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba
   Text and audio of President Kennedy's October 22, 1962 speech about the events.
   http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03CubaCrisis10221962.htm

» Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis
   US CIA analysis of denial and deception efforts, beginning in the spring of 1962.
   https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no1/article06.html

» State Department Documents: Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath
   US Department of State documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis and after.
   http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/frusXI/index.html

» The Cuban Missile Crisis
   A virtual exhibit from Le Mémorial de Caen, includes timeline, text, photos, and a newspaper archive.
   http://www.cubacrisis.net/

» The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary
   Comprehensive account of the events from the US National Security Archive. Includes declassified documents, audio files, photographs, and commentary.
   http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/

» The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 18-29, 1962
   RealAudio files of recordings made in Kennedy's Oval Office during the crisis, includes extensive notes on each recording.
   http://www.hpol.org/jfk/cuban/

» The World On the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis
   Site for the 40th anniversary exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Library has a chronology and extensive links to documents and audio files.
   http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_intro.html

» US Naval Historical Center Frequently Asked Questions
   Extracts from Naval Secretary's reports, participating ships and units, operational overview, and bibliography.
   http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq90-1.htm

» United Nations - Cuban Missile Crisis Debate
   Transcript of the famous debate between U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson and Soviet representative Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1962-cuba-un1.html