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Cold War lessons: 60 years since Cuban missile crisis

CGTN, 02 Aug 2022
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Nearly 60 years ago, the United States and its then rival, the Soviet Union, had their riskiest confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba. Then U.S. President John Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba, over perceived threats of the missiles which sat 90 miles off the U.S. east shores. It sparked fears the Soviet-U.S. Cold War may spiral into a devastating nuclear conflict. It was a jarring wake up call. Six decades later, echoes of cold relations, this time between the U.S. and China. What're the crucial lessons of the Cuban missile crisis? If we did not learn from history, do we inevitably repeat it?

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