Cuban Crisis Course
Dive into the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis using primary sources, Cold War strategies, and worldwide responses. Tailored for humanities experts, it enhances analytical abilities, storytelling techniques, and crisis analysis skills essential for education, scholarly pursuits, and policy roles. Gain confidence in handling historical archives and strategic debates.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course delivers a focused examination of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, covering Cold War origins, key events, resolution, and lasting effects. Participants engage with original documents, build timelines, evaluate diverse viewpoints, and master techniques for archive research, evidence analysis, and structured arguments on nuclear diplomacy and strategy.
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Develop skills
- Reconstruct the Cuban Missile Crisis timeline confidently from primary sources.
- Analyze nuclear strategies including deterrence, MAD, and brinkmanship swiftly.
- Assess Cold War archives for bias, reliability, and supporting evidence in studies.
- Describe crisis decisions in NSC, EXCOMM, and Soviet Politburo contexts.
- Use historiography and IR theories to build clear, balanced crisis accounts.
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