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1. The Cuban Missile Crisis

   The Threshold of Nuclear War

   By Alice George

   Series: Critical Moments in American History

   For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuban...

   Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

   Political Trauma and American Memory

   By Alice George

   Series: Critical Moments in American History

   On November 22nd, 1963 the assassination of President John F. Kennedy set into motion a series of events that irrevocably changed American politics and culture. The media frenzy spawned by the controversy surrounding the death of JFK has since given way to a powerful public memory that continues to...

   Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge