What They Didn't Tell Us: The Secret Deals Behind the Cuban Missile Crisis

WHAT THEY DIDN'T TELL US: The Secret Deals Behind the Cuban Missile Crisis Everything you learned about the Cuban Missile Crisis was carefully constructed propaganda. The real story—hidden for decades—is far more disturbing. The Official Story: Kennedy's firm resolve forced Soviet retreat. Careful crisis management prevented nuclear war. No concessions were made. Rational leadership saved humanity. The Real Story: Kennedy secretly agreed to withdraw American missiles from Turkey—the key Soviet demand that was concealed from Congress, NATO, and the American public for nearly two decades. Actual negotiations happened through irregular back channels while official diplomacy was propaganda theater. Fidel Castro urged a nuclear first strike and was completely excluded from negotiations about his own country. Multiple near-catastrophic accidents almost triggered nuclear war that neither Kennedy nor Khrushchev knew about. A single Soviet submarine officer's refusal to launch a nuclear torpedo saved civilization. Both sides constructed contradictory victory narratives and concealed the truth for decades. View Less