October 1962 
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1-10-16
October 27, 1962: The Most Dangerous Day in Human History
by Sheldon M. Stern
The final installment in Sheldon Stern’s exciting series, “Capturing History as it Really Happened in October 1962
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11-21-15
October 26, 1962: Adlai Stevenson’s Unsung Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis (Part Seven)
by Sheldon M. Stern
Another installment in Sheldon Stern’s exciting series, “Capturing History as it Really Happened in October 1962.”
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10-25-15
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 22: The Day Kennedy Stood Up to the Titans of the Senate (Part 6)
by Sheldon M. Stern
Part 6 in Dr. Stern’s ongoing series on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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9-27-15
October 22: The President Makes Certain that His Orders Have Been Carried Out (Part 5)
by Sheldon M. Stern
Another installment in Sheldon Stern's special series on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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8-9-15
Capturing History as it Really Happened in October 1962 (Part 4)
by Sheldon M. Stern
President Kennedy’s Confrontation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 19th.
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7-12-15
October 18, 1962: This Is What It’s Like in the White House in an International Crisis (Part 3)
by Sheldon M. Stern
The frightening debate inside the White House at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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5-30-15
Was Robert Kennedy Really the Dove He and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Made Him Out to Be During the Cuban Missile Crisis? (Part 2)
by Sheldon M. Stern
That’s not what the audio tapes show, says Sheldon Stern, in Part 2 of his series, “Capturing History as it Really Happened in October 1962.”
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4-20-15
Capturing History as it Really Happened in October 1962 (Part 1)
by Sheldon M. Stern
The first in a series of articles about what we know now about the Cuban Missile Crisis that we didn’t know until recently.
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