When Castro called for a nuclear strike - The Bomb Podcast: Kennedy & Khrushchev, BBC World Service

Troops in Cuba fear an attack is imminent, as alarm grows around the world. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Fidel Castro urges Khrushchev to strike first. The Soviet premier warns President Kennedy, in a long and emotional letter, that “the knot of war” has been tied - soon "even he who tied it will not have the strength to untie it”. This is the personal and political story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, told by Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy. 00:00 The logic of war 04:59 The news reaches Cuba 07:35 Khrushchev’s scars of WWII 08:31 The UN meeting 11:44 Khrushchev’s letter – The ‘Knot of War’  15:15 Castro’s anxiety 19:40 Kennedy receives a letter How the nuclear bomb shaped world history. Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers of the Soviet Union and the USA prevent apocalypse? Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and US President John F Kennedy, tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch more episodes of The Bomb here 👉🏽    • The Bomb: Kennedy and Khrushchev   ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #kennedy #krushchev #cubanmissilecrisis #nuclearwar #coldwar