
20th Century
A Translator in a Moscow Hotel Room Stopped Nuclear War
In October 1962, the world came closer to nuclear war than during the Cuban Missile Crisis—but the man who stopped it was in a hotel room in Moscow, translating American radio broadcasts.
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Download on the App StoreCold WarNuclear WeaponsSoviet UnionCuban Missile CrisisIntelligenceCrisis ManagementMoscow1960s
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