The world came close to a nuclear Armageddon during 13 days in October 1962 when the U.S. and the Soviet Union came eyeball to eyeball over the issue of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Take students behind the scenes of this tension-filled, unparalleled event with a thought provoking collection of primary source documents that includes: U-2 spy plane photos, a CIA map of missile installations, correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet Chairman Khrushchev, text of Kennedy’s televised speech to the nation and more. (4 broadsheets/timeline/8 hands-on primary source documents/guide).