In These Nuclear Times, History Matters

When the U.S. and Russia came close to using weapons of mass destruction 60 years ago, one diplomat stood firm for peace.

From the essential National Security Archive:

In a secret “eyes only” memorandum for John F. Kennedy, written 60 years ago today at the outset of the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson admonished the president to abandon his initial plan to attack Cuba and to consider, instead, the diplomatic option of dismantling U.S. missile bases in…