1. Thirteen Days- A Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis
... reason to think that the U.S. would take action to stop the Soviets. In 1961 the North Vietnamese began developing a supply line through Laos into South Vietnam. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of roads armed with Soviet weapons, ended the neutrality of Laos guaranteed by the 1954 Geneva Accords. Kennedy chose not to confront the USSR. When the Berlin Wall was ... resist the blockade, JFK wrung his hands, "What would you do then, if we went through all of this effort and then find out that there's baby food on it?- [39].The humiliation of boarding a ship full of baby food would be mini...
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