of october, 1962 when the united states and the soviet union faced off over missiles in cuba in one of the hottest episodes of the cold war. he explains how the ideological militancy of cuban leader fidel castro worried leaders in both moscow and washington who did not truly desire nuclear conflict despite their tough talk. dr. kengor: all right, welcome. here good we have c-span today. and we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis. and specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. so we will hit a. of 1957 until 1950 nine until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. aboutst class we talked july 20 6, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. that was when fidel and force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the army barracks santiago,o, in cuba. it did not go well. a bunch of rebels were killed. fidel castro ascends to 15 years in prison for that. he did not quite serve 15 years in prison. he served less tha
crisis itself in october, 1962. that will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. the last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. and that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the army barracks in santiago, cuba. 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. with that, he was on the run, he was in exile. he went to mexico. his brother, raul, as well. they would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. that is about where we left off. one thing i didn t mention the last class, but you re going to read the article on this, it s the herb matthews piece in the new york times. if you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right? by this article, you are thinking what is this? what is this piece? herb matthews was a reporter for the new york times. he wrote a february 24,
there are lots of wonderful women leaders who will be joining the conversation as well, so we have just over an hour i think, actually we are just under an hour to hear from some of the muslims leading the conversation about work for justice and inclusion in america and our topic is just a small issue of how phobia is affecting our civic and political discourse . so i ll keep intros quite brief and i don t have everyone s full introduction because of the panel because maybe i ll let folks tell a little bit about themselves, the folks you haven t heard from you. but we want to use the time to actually hear from these compelling leaders about these issues and i think we will be joinedby representative omar when she arrives . so doctor abu l siad is a physician, public health activists among many other things and ran for governor of michiganin 2018 with numerous progressive endorsements . kzhir khan lost his son in the iraq war and is most known for his compelling speech about
it did not go well. a bunch of them, a bunch of rebels were killed. fidel was actually sentenced to 15 years in prison for that. did not quite serve 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. with that, he was on the run, he was in exile. he went to mexico. his brother, raul, as well. they would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. that is about where we left off. one thing i didn t mention the last class, but you re going to read the article on this, it s the herb matthews piece in the new york times. if you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right? by this article, you are thinking what is this? what is this piece? so herb matthews was a reporter for the new york times. he wrote a february 24, 1957 front page piece for the new york times. major, major, major piece. and books have been written about this. herb matthews and the york times and what it did with fid
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