Putin’s Fear of Retreat: How the Cuban Missile Crisis Haunts the Kremlin

How the Cuban missile crisis haunts the Kremlin.

Putin’s Fear of Retreat How the Cuban Missile Crisis Haunts the Kremlin Timothy Naftali November 16, 2022 A replay of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's 1962 address about the Cuban missile crisis, Boston, December 2014 Brian Snyder / Reuters TIMOTHY NAFTALI is Clinical Associate Professor of History and Public Service at New York University and a co-author, with Aleksandr Fursenko, of “One Hell of a Gamble”: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958–1964 and Khrushchev’s Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary . More by Timothy Naftali Share & Download Print Subscribe to unlock this fea

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