Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs

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Capt. Nikolai Shumkov
Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Himself - Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Capt. Ryurik Ketov
Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Himself - Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Theodore Sorensen
Theodore Sorensen

Himself - Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President

Dino A. Brugioni
Dino A. Brugioni

Himself - Dino A. Brugioni, CIA Analyst

Robert McNamara
Robert McNamara

Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968

Rudolph Rump
Rudolph Rump

Himself - Rudolph Rump, Radar Man, USS Blandy

Capt. Charles Rozier
Capt. Charles Rozier

Himself - Capt. Charles Rozier, USS Cecil

Capt. Alexi Dubivko
Capt. Alexi Dubivko

Himself - Capt. Alexi Dubivko

Robert J. Tavenor
Robert J. Tavenor

Chief Petty Officer

Mike Vardy
Mike Vardy

Ketov (uncredited)

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    Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval blockade intercepted Soviet submarines on a secret mission to set up a military base in Cuba, the two nations engaged in a tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict, and viewers get a look inside their subs and the U.S. war room.

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    2002-01-01

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