Cuban Crisis Course
Dive into the Cuban Missile Crisis using original documents, Cold War strategies, and worldwide responses. Tailored for humanities experts, it enhances analytical abilities, storytelling techniques, and crisis understanding for education, research, and policy roles. Gain confidence in handling historical archives and crafting compelling narratives on global tensions.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
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What will I learn?
This course provides a focused, evidence-based exploration of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, covering Cold War origins, key events, resolution, and lasting effects. Participants engage with primary sources, build timelines, evaluate diverse viewpoints, and master techniques for archival research, evidence analysis, and structured arguments on nuclear diplomacy and strategy.
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Develop skills
- Reconstruct Cuban Missile Crisis timelines confidently from primary sources.
- Quickly analyse nuclear strategies including deterrence, MAD, and brinkmanship.
- 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 international relations theories for balanced crisis accounts.
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