A documentary history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, from its origins to its aftermath. Find out what really happened. "If we are attacked, we will defend ourselves. I repeat, we have sufficient means with which to defend ourselves; we have indeed our inevitable weapons, the weapons which we would have preferred not to acquire and which we do not wish to employ." - Osvaldo Dorticos, Cuban President. "We reaffirm that the armaments which are in Cuba, regardless of the classification to which they may belong, are intended solely for defensive purposes in order to secure the Republic of Cuba...