Cuban Crisis Course
Dive into the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis using original documents, Cold War strategies, and international responses. Tailored for humanities experts, it enhances analytical abilities, storytelling techniques, and crisis analysis skills for education, research, and policy applications. Gain confidence in handling primary sources and crafting compelling historical narratives.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides a focused examination of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, covering Cold War context, key events, resolution, and lasting effects. Participants engage with primary sources, build timelines, evaluate historical perspectives, and master techniques for archival 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.
- Quickly analyse nuclear strategies including deterrence, MAD, and brinkmanship.
- Assess Cold War archives for bias, reliability, and supporting evidence in studies.
- Explain decision-making processes in NSC, EXCOMM, and Soviet Politburo contexts.
- Use historiography and international relations theories for balanced crisis accounts.
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