JFK & the Crisis Crusader

In the course of human history, no moment was as crucial to the survival of the planet-and the species-as the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In the autumn of 1962, President John F. Kennedy received word that the Soviet Union had installed nuclear weapons in Cuba-aimed squarely at the northeastern United States. In the delicate political atmosphere of the Cold War, Kennedy knew he had to respond carefully. In this fast-paced program, host Hunter Ellis explores how the President devised a plan to use the most sophisticated photo reconnaissance aircraft of the time-the RF-8 Crusader-to gather the evidence he needed to confront the Soviet Union and put a stop to impending nuclear disaster.

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Featuring gripping interviews with renowned historians as well as a former KGB general and an RF-8 pilot who flew during the crisis, JFK & THE CRISIS CRUSADER is a captivating look at how close the world once came to a third world war.