Cuban Crisis Course
Delve into the Cuban Missile Crisis using original documents, Cold War tactics, and worldwide responses. Tailored for humanities experts, it enhances analytical abilities, storytelling techniques, and crisis analysis skills for education, research, and policy applications. Gain proficiency in source handling, strategic evaluation, and balanced historical narratives.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
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What Will I Learn?
This course provides a focused, evidence-based examination 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 in 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 corroboration in studies.
- Explain decision-making processes in NSC, EXCOMM, and Soviet Politburo contexts.
- Use historiography and IR theories to develop clear, balanced crisis accounts.
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