A Translator in a Moscow Hotel Room Stopped Nuclear War
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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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Cold WarNuclear WeaponsSoviet UnionCuban Missile CrisisIntelligenceCrisis ManagementMoscow1960s

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