The Sixties (2014)

S1E2 The World on the Brink (1960 – 1963)

The vibrant era of Camelot was marred by escalating political and military conflicts between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Experts like Marvin Kalb, Richard Reeves, Robert Dallek, and Sergei Khrushchev delve into the critical moments of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, revealing just how close the world came to World War III. They explore the tense standoff between the two nuclear superpowers and how, against all odds, they transitioned from the brink of confrontation to the establishment of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.