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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 22 Oct 2017

    This happened 55 years ago today:pic.twitter.com/bDAGDu90CO

    8:04 AM - 22 Oct 2017
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      1. Émile, professional foreigner‏ @EmilePleaseStop 23 Oct 2017
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        This gritty remake fuckin sucks

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      1. Isaac Seder‏ @zacseder 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Kris_Sacrebleu

        Do you imagine 45 might be contemplating similar action against North Korea? How might they or China or Russia respond?

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      1. Age of Uncertainty — dlonorse  🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🌊 🎾‏ @dlonorse 22 Oct 2017
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        We were taught in school to duck and cover.

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      1. Bob Eden‏ @reden419 22 Oct 2017
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        I lived 30 miles from NYC in northern New Jersey. I was 11 and scared shitless because of the Minute Man missle site near town.

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      1. Marcus Van‏ @PolarVan 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Kris_Sacrebleu

        Odds that had Trump been POTUS we'd have had WW3... 100%

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      1. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 22 Oct 2017
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        Reminds me that the Cuba embargo lasted considerably longer than the Berlin Wall.

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      1. patricia‏ @pmcdonald16 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        If JFK hadn't been such lightweight Soviets never would have tried placing missiles in Cuba. Sure as hell wouldn't have if Nixon was Prez

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      1. SpeedyeProducts‏ @speedyeproducts 22 Oct 2017
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        Amazing - 1 day on 22/Oct/1962 for #Kennedy 55 years later we are speaking about the same things, Thankfully not all on 1 day. #NotFakeNewspic.twitter.com/OUKOMOyIku

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      1. Damon Bernstein‏ @DamonKB54 22 Oct 2017
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        And, as it unfolded, covered the old fashioned way: by the free press.pic.twitter.com/ZUb1emraUE

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      2. Gen V‏ @genevieveva 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Sciencegirl60

        I remember how frightened everyone was but they loved and trusted Kennedy.

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      3. Tombsaver‏ @Sciencegirl60 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @genevieveva @BeschlossDC

        Cld be paranoid, but Trump's BS abt Kennedy file release & Cuba crisis anniv & Trump EO on retired soldier recall is no Bueno coincidence

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      1. John Gieser‏ @john_gieser 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @KitterleCathy

        Yep. Marching down into the basement of St. Mary's Church with the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Just in case.

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      1. Anne Worner‏ @AnneWorner 22 Oct 2017
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        Remember it well, scary time!

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      1. Dorothy Wright‏ @DorothyMB 22 Oct 2017
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        I was a 14 year old in Birmingham, Alabama. President Kennedy was a great leader & I felt secure.

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      1. Elliott Christ‏ @elliottchrist 22 Oct 2017
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        God, remember when there was a clear threat of nuclear Armageddon and we thought, at least our country is in good hands?

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      1. Tom Shanahan‏ @Shanny4055 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Imagine a Trump-like lunatic in the office instead of JFK in 1962 ... scary, we don't have to imagine in 2017

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      1. rrlse‏ @priusport 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The dismaying thing is too many of JFK's advisors wanted to risk starting WWIII.

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      1. matt farber‏ @1ncbearsfan 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        In principle, the same issue we have w DPRK rn on multiple levels, don’t you think?

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