Wilson Center Experts
Michael Dobbs
Former Short-Term Scholar
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
Affiliation:
Former Washington Post reporter and author of One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
Wilson Center Project(s):
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Soviet Experience
Project Summary
Few events in modern American history-at least since the end of World War II- have been the subject of as much study and commentary as the Cuban missile crisis. Not much is known about the decision-making processes of working-level Soviet commanders on Cuba?
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