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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 16 Oct 2017

    Cuban Missile Crisis began 55 years ago today when JFK was told—here the divide among his advisors on possible response:pic.twitter.com/cgcR5oZJmY

    5:51 AM - 16 Oct 2017
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      1. Timothy C.‏ @Granitepolitics 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Imagine the current POTUS trying to puzzle out these options. "Can't we just bomb them?" [Detailed explanation] "Can't we just bomb them?"

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      1. #ETTD‏ @ArchitectKMP 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Thank you @BeschlossDC for all you do to educate us (in an understated way), w/ real historical context. matters more now than ever.

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      1. JCC‏ @JCCCPA64 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        McNamara perhaps in a warm-up for his dumb decisions re Vietnam advocates no warning and unlimited airstrike. Warning Khrushchev was correct

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      1. Natalia A Kerr 🎨‏ @Oilpastelgal 16 Oct 2017
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        The triumph of diplomacy and direct negotiations. A good lesson from not so distant past.

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      1. Bill Nigh‏ @BillNigh 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Phil_Mattingly

        The "Missiles of October" did not become latter-day versions of "The Guns of August", Thank God.

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      1. Andrew Little‏ @ADLittleToronto 16 Oct 2017
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        Notes prepared by Ted Sorensen (initials top right)

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      1. Kathleen Fallon Cavanagh‏ @renegademom 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I was 7. I was terrified. Kept asking my mother if the world was coming to an end. Asking the same question now. I miss my mom.

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      1. Donald Clark‏ @donaldsclark 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @michikokakutani

        That's a great briefing memo

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      1. Scott Hale‏ @SHale1963 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Thank god no dotard back then.

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      1. NaomiH_nothing‏ @NaomiH_nothing 16 Oct 2017
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        NaomiH_nothing @NaomiH_nothing
        Today, Oct 16th, 1968. Those who saw photo top/front page outside the US remember bear foot. Any photo showing feet? Censored? Photoshop? pic.twitter.com/nSiD63Y6bz
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      1. Vic Volpe‏ @tPfit87ter 18 Oct 2017
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        I believe JFK didn't like any of these options and that's why he pursued more options on the side, with his brother Bobby.

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      1. Eric Schultz‏ @EBS9291 17 Oct 2017
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        Can you imagine the discussion in the Trump WH where his cabinet and COS are all military?

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      1. Rooster Runs the Voodoo Down for Miles‏ @StereoRooster 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @MaxwellMercy

        Cuban Missile Crisis was a drop in the bucket compared to continuing a full-scale war in Vietnam▪Communism wasn't America's problem to fight

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      1. Azor‏ @AzorInfo 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Rory_Medcalf

        In this case, the military was right. Limited or surgical conventional strikes were not possible, as the capabilities weren't there.

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      1. reeseissel@hotmail.c‏ @reeseissel1 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        define the Cuban Missile and its economic supply chain and you will arrive at very different Land and Sea advance conclusions

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      1. Jurgen Kedesdy‏ @jkedesdy 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Fascinating.

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      1. Charles Adams‏ @bigangrylaw 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @MichaelBerrySho

        Fascinating document.

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