CREECA Lecture Series
One Minute To Midnight
Event Details
Date
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Time
4-5:15 p.m.
Location
3070 Grainger Hall
Description
Michael Dobbs, a journalist for The Washington Post, re-examines the 1963 Bay of Pigs face-off between the United States and the USSR. Dobbs combines visits to Cuba, discussions with Russian participants, and fingertip command of archival and printed U.S. sources to describe a wild ride that, contrary to the myth of Kennedy's steel-nerved crisis management, was shaped by improvisation, guesswork and blind luck.
Cost
Free
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