Title: Britain on the brink
Description: At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Britain was America's first-line defence, a vulnerable, but unsinkable 'aircraft carrier' on which the United States based elements of their nuclear deterrent. But the British public was unaware that, as tensions rose thousands of miles away, the UK itself was under imminent threat of armageddon.
Subjects: World politics, Military History, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, Nuclear crisis control, Military relations, History, Great britain, history, military, Crisis management, Cold War
Places: United States, Great Britain
Time periods: 20th century, 1955-1965