The Edge of Armageddon (Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev)

MYS214: In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world the brink of nuclear war, 3 times just on one day. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how we can to the edge of Armageddon and avoided it, as well as the aftermath and ramifications of the crisis. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Sheldon Stern’s book The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory * Robert Kennedy’s book Thirteen Days * 2000 movie Thirteen Days (streaming) * Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (streaming, 1964) * Dr. Strangelove (Blu-Ray) * Episode 12 (Dead Hand, Perimeter, Soviet Doomsday Device) * Kennedy Library on the Cuban Missile Crisis (multi-media) * Online archive of secret White House Tapes (JFK, LBJ, RMN) * National Security Archive timeline * John Scali * Aleksandr Feklisov (“Fomin”) * Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty * Moscow-Washington Hotline * Shoe-Banging Incident * Shoe-Banging Incident video * Vasily Arkhipov * Anthony Trollope * Trollope Ploy * William Safire article on the Trollope Ploy * Sheldon Stern’s article on the Trollope Ploy * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to [email protected] or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515