DownsizeDCCuban Missile Crisis Archives

NEW: That time U.S. politicians almost blew up the world for absolutely no reason

By Jim Babka | Published May 23, 2019

The RESPONSE to the missiles in Cuba was the real danger Retweet By Perry Willis Once upon a time, politicians in Superpower A installed nuclear missiles on the border of Superpower…

Posted in Blog | Tagged Cold War, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro, JFK, John F. Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Nikita Khrushchev, nuclear weapons, Perry Willis, Richard Nixon, Soviet Union, Turkey, United States, Vasili Arkhipov | 2 Comments

How U.S. politicians helped create the Soviet Union

By Perry Willis | Published November 5, 2017

More compelling history they probably didn’t teach you in high school (or college)

Posted in Blog | Tagged Beaverbrook, Bolshevik Revolution, Cambodian Killing Fields, Cold War, Communist Revolution, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Downsize DC, Edward Crankshaw, Germany, Kerensky, Lenin, Mao, North Korea, Perry Willis, Red China, Russian Revolution, Stalin, Vietnam, Word War One, WW1 | 11 Comments