Humanity Once Came to the Cliff's Edge of Total Self-Annihilation -- Let's Make Sure It Never Happens Again
Revisiting the catastrophe that almost was
Chomsky, Noam
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175605/tomgram%3A_noam_chomsky%2C_%22the_most_dangerous_moment%2C%22_50_years_later/
http://www.alternet.org/world/chomsky-humanity-once-came-cliffs-edge-total-self-annihilation-lets-make-sure-it-never-happens?paging=off
Date Written: 2012-10-15
Year Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX14596
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.
