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Berlin Crisis

Tough

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 07.26.2011 | World
Read More: Toughness, Frederick Kempe, Berlin Crisis, John Kennedy, Brent Scowcroft, Berlin Wall, Nikita Khruschev, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vienna Summit, Bay of Pigs, World News
Craig K. Comstock

Does a new U.S. President need to show he is tough by threatening or committing a violent act? Some say it's dangerous not to.

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'Berlin 1961': The Kennedy Blunders That Brought Us To The Brink Of War (PHOTOS)

Frederick Kempe | Posted 07.16.2011 | Books
Read More: Nikita Khrushchev, Berlin Wall, Cold War, President Kennedy, Berlin Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, John F. Kennedy, Slidepollajax, Books News
Frederick Kempe

It was June of 1961, and the setting was neutral Vienna. This first and last Kennedy-Khrushchev summit would prove to be one of the most explosive and decisive meetings ever of the two most powerful leaders of their time.

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