A look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, 55 years later

A confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ignited 55 years ago over nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. It was the closest the U.S. has been to nuclear war. William LeoGrande, a professor at American University and specialist in Latin American politics, joins CBSN to discuss.

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