Michael Dobbs: The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Commonwealth Club of California
San Francisco, CA
Oct 8th, 2008

Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs describes the moment the world came closer than ever before (or, possibly, since) to nuclear destruction.
He will draw modern-day lessons from those perilous 13 days, including the importance of character in the Oval Office and the myth of crisis management.
How much did John F. Kennedy know in the run-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis? What were his motivations, and what were those of his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev?
Dobbs will discuss his research on the untold facets of the October crisis - The Commonwealth Club of California



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BBC - Human Instinct - Deepest Desires

A Documentary from the BBC: Human Instinct
2002© As Seen On Television (UK)
Host/Narrator: Professor Robert Winston
SUMMARY: Human Instinct is the story of how instincts have made us humans into the uniquely successful species that we are, despite us not always being aware of them. Professor Robert Winston provides a unique insight into what it is that makes us human. And it is the story of our extraordinary instincts and why we behave the way we do and what other animals reveal about our most basic drives.
The instinct to have sex is one of the most potent we possess. Its vital if we are to produce the next generation. In this episode we find out what it is about the way we look, the way we smell and what we possess, that can attract the ideal mate.



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1983: The Brink Of Apocalypse

1983: The Brink Of Apocalypse - 1:14:18 - Jan 5, 2008

An extremely powerful programme, this documentary focuses on 8 November 1983, a date now recognised as one of the most dangerous moments in ...all » An extremely powerful programme, this documentary focuses on 8 November 1983, a date now recognised as one of the most dangerous moments in the entire history of the Cold War. On this near-fateful day, a series of accidents nearly unleashed the Third World War. Senior figures in the Soviet Union had convinced themselves that they were about to come under nuclear attack from the West, and the vast Soviet nuclear arsenal of missiles, bombers and submarines were put on maximum alert, ready to launch a full nuclear retaliatory attack on Western Europe and the US. Armageddon beckoned. This documentary tells the dramatic story behind this sequence of events when Soviet fingers hovered perilously over the nuclear button. The intelligence communities in the US, Europe and the former USSR have never before admitted to the scale of this crisis.«





1983: The Brink Of Apocalypse