kengor: exactly.people who listened to it on the radio said nixon won, and people who watched on tv said kennedy won. kennedy looks better than nixon, right? he looked better on camera. one of the first tv campaigns. so, kennedy is out hawking nixon on this. kennedy is openly against castro, holding nothing back. nixon later wrote this, after the election was over and after nixon lost. "i knew we had a program underway to deal with castro. but i cannot even hint at its distance, much less spell it out. under no circumstances could it be disclosed or even alluded to." by the way, nixon and kennedy were buddies, they were old friends. nixon visited kennedy on kennedy's deathbed, one of the numerous times in kennedy's life when he received last rites of the church, at least a half-dozen times. it is so ironic that he was shot november 1963. he was only 46 years old, if even that, i did my math right. he was already very sick with all kinds of disease and all kinds of health problems. but they were old fr

kengor: all right, welcome. here good we have c-span today. and we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis. and specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. so we will hit a. of 1957 until 1950 nine until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. aboutst class we talked july 20 6, 1953 launch of the

kengor: made there in cuba?itary [indiscernible] yes, i do not know what to say, except, that would be very scenic and as well -- very significant. we were sending huge amounts of military troops into florida. in fact one of the things the new york times learned about, was that people in florida were saying, we are looking at the robo tax and they are by the thousands military guys coming in here -- looking at that military i -- at the railroad tracks and there are thousands of guys coming in here. why are all these military guys coming into florida? they knew something was going on that was very serious on the ground. yes? fear,reat deal of [indiscernible] dr. kengor: yes so you could see a scenario like this with north korea. although in north korea's case, i do not know how it would play out differently, other than maybe a very serious credible threat by the north korean dictator that looked like ok, this time he means it, he is going to launch, right? and then, how you would handle that in response. but see,

kengor: all right, you guys, welcome. it is good we have got c-span here today. and we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis and specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. so we are going to hit a period of about 1957, 1959 until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. that will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. the last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. and that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the army ba

kengor: all right, you guys, welcome. it is good we have got c-span here today. and we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis and specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. so we are going to hit a period of about 1957 until 1950 nine -- until 1959 until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. that will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. the last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. and that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the army barracks in santiago, cuba. 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. with that, he was on the run, he was in exile. he went to mexico. his brother, raul, as well. they would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. that is about where we left off. one thing i didn't mention the last class, but you're going to read the article on this, it's the herb matthews piece in the new york times. if you have not

kengor: all right, you guys, welcome. it is good we have got c-span here today.and we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis and specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. so we are going to hit a period of about 1957 until 1950 nine -- u 1