The cuban missile crisis 1962 selected foreign policy documents from the administration of john fkennedy january 1961 november 1962 uncovered editions this is an excellent documentary record giving the diplomatic background to the most dangerous episode in world history it was the most dangerous because as the evidence discloses there . The cuban missile crisis 1962 selected foreign policy documents from the administration of john f kennedy january 1961 november 1962 uncovered editions by coates tim and a great selection of related books art and collectibles available now at abebookscom. Harvard kennedy schools belfer center has created this site as a resource for the cuban missile crisis designed to help policymakers students and interested citizens draw lessons from these critical events half a century ago this site not only provides background on the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster in october 1962 but also offers tools to understand how . The hidden history of the cuban missile crisis return to table of contents note english translations of foreign language documents follow origianls ussr memorandum a adzhubeis account of his visit to washington to the cc cpsu march 12 1962 in original russian with english translation cia minutes secret meeting with the attorney general of the united states concerning . The cuban missile crises in october 1962 the kennedy administration faced its most serious foreign policy crisis president kennedy with his cabinet during the cuban missile crisis soviet premier nikita khrushchev saw an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the soviet union and fidel castro s cuba and make good its promise to defend cuba from the united states in may 1960