“To the Brink” shows Kennedy and his advisers in the throes of deliberation during 13 agonizing days in October 1962, as the United States and the then-Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war. The peaceful resolution of the crisis with the Soviets is considered to be one of Kennedy’s greatest achievements.
Featuring clandestine real-time White House recordings from Kennedy’s meetings in October 1962, the exhibit allows visitors to listen in on the government’s high level meetings as the President and his advisers worked furiously to avert a nuclear catastrophe. Original documents, artifacts, and photographs from the National Archives and its Kennedy Library complement the tapes in a dramatic presentation that draws the visitor into this milestone 20th-century event.
Watch this 3:38 minute video short titled “To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis” at http://tiny.cc/JFKbrink to get a peek at exhibit highlights and see an interview the exhibit curator Stacey Bredhoff. This video is in the public domain and not subject to any copyright restrictions. The National Archives encourages its use and free distribution.
WHO: Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero
Director, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Tom Putnam
Author Michael Dobbs, “One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War”
“To the Brink” Exhibit Curator Stacey Bredhoff, Curator, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Chair and President of the Foundation for the National Archives A'Lelia Bundles President of AT&T Mid Atlantic J. Michael Schweder
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