The history of the Cuban Missile Crisis - Matthew A. Jordan
The history of the Cuban Missile Crisis - Matthew A. Jordan with tags mathew a. jordan, patrick smith, ted-ed history, cuban missile crisis, jfk, john f kennedy, cold war, naval blockade, nikita khrushchev, defcon, nuclear war, nuclear disaster, doomsday, iron curtain, bay of pigs, diplomacy, robert f kennedy, vasili arkhipov, teded history, a-bomb, hiroshima, ted-ed, teded, ted, ted education
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-the-cuban-missile-crisis-matthew-a-jordanImagine going about your life knowing that, at any given moment, you and everyone you know could be wiped out without warning at the push of a button. This was the reality for millions of people during the forty-five year period after World War II now known as the Cold War. Matthew A. Jordan explains the history behind the peak of all this panic the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis.Lesson by Mathew A. Jordan, animation by Patrick Smith.
