The Week The World Stood Still
The Cuban Missile Crisis and Ownership of the World
| by Noam Chomsky
( March 22, 2014, Boston, Sri Lanka Guardian) The world stood still 50 years ago during the last week of October, from the moment when it learned that the Soviet Union had placed nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba until the crisis was officially ended — though unknown to the public, only officially.
Dire times: President John F Kennedy (right) is seen with his brother and closest confidant Robert F 
Man of the world: Fidel Castro: Following the failed CIA-supported Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961, 