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Other CMC Sites on the Internet
 The National Security Archive website
- http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/cuba_mis_cri.html
The second best site for CMC information and the web. Check out their great set of primary source material. Actual memos and documents from both sides as well as a transcript of an EX-COMM discussion. A complete minute-by-minute analysis of the crisis can also be found here.
Collective Memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis
- http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/classes/mc166k/missile_crisis_34.html
Nine people recount their experiences during the Crisis. If you're interested in how every-day Americans were affected by the crisis, this site is for you.
How dangerous was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- http://www.aber.ac.uk/~kms4/ip1.html
A well-written essay evaluating the actual danger of the CMC.
Reconnaissance and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- http://www.am.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/cmc.htm
Pictures and information from an Air Force museum on the aircraft used during the Crisis.
Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance Site
- http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/cuba.htm
This site contains both high-level and low-level reconnaissance photographs. Excellent quality pictures. Great for recon buffs!
Reflections by Robert McNamara
- http://www.randomlink.com/pw/pugwash1.html
This site contains an essay written by McNamara on long-range policy involving nuclear weapons. He also reflects on the Crisis and how it has affected nuclear policy.
Khrushchev outlines missile crisis
- http://www.spub.ksu.edu/issues/v099b/sp/n116/cam-cuban-linin.html
Sergei Khrushchev, Nikita Khrushchev's son, relates the Soviet side of the crisis.
Continuing Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
- http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/research/ay1995/awc/werderkk.htm
A downloadable Adobe Acrobat document created by Karl K. Werder. A research paper he wrote while at the Air War College on the continuing lessons of the Missile Crisis.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~mhunter/pigs.htm
An excellent report on the Bay of Pigs. This site contains comprehensive information of the events surrounding the invasion. If you have any questions about the Bay of Pigs, this is a must-see.
The Effects of Television Coverage on Presidential Decision Making
- http://www.annenberg.nwu.edu/pubs/pres/pres4a.htm
A short essay on the role of television during the crisis. The author believes Kennedy had a great luxury with the lack of TV coverage. He also speculates on what might have happened had the crisis occurred today.
British response to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/dd96/britishresponsetothecu_504.html
The British perspective on the crisis, what they were doing, and how it has affected their foreign policy.
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