Graham Allison on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Foreign Affairs Focus: Nuclear Lessons With Graham Allison
Fifty years after the Cuban missile crisis, Gideon Rose talks to author and Belfer Center director Graham Allison about the lessons that have been and can be learned from the diplomatic management of the historic confrontation. Can historical analysis yield a wise approach to modern nuclear challenges? How do today's intellectual discourse and public debate on international affairs compare to decades past?
Read Dr. Allison's articles and more on these topics at www.ForeignAffairs.com

[@BryanDePinho]

The problem begins when we start referring to the events that happened in this period of time as "ancient history".

[@SIGCPT]

Mr. Allison fails to acknowledge a) DCI McCone had predicted the placement of MRBMs in Cuba , b) The U2 photos came after a significant gap in collection and, c) Kennedy's blockade etc. was not just a strange concoction but a was based, in large part, on McCone's advice to begin with a naval blockade. While it is understood President Kennedy was the executive, it must be elucidated that McCone was brilliant in his analysis and advice to the president.

[@TheEnneagram]

"Continuity of Government" /watch?v=LAN8KvTngXI