Cuban Crisis Course
Dive into the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis using original documents, Cold War tactics, and worldwide responses. Tailored for those in humanities, it builds sharp analytical abilities, storytelling prowess, and crisis understanding ideal for education, scholarly pursuits, and policy roles. Expect to gain confidence in source handling and balanced historical narratives.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides a focused 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 historical debates, 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 supporting evidence in studies.
- Describe crisis decisions in NSC, EXCOMM, and Soviet Politburo contexts.
- Use historiography and international relations theories for clear crisis accounts.
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