SWOSU Plans “Oklahoma & The Cuban Missile Crisis” Event

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September 30, 2022

SWOSU Press Release

With the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis approaching, Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford will host a free “Oklahoma & The Cuban Missile Crisis” symposium on Thursday, October 27, featuring SWOSU history professors Dr. Becky Bruce and Landry Brewer.

Bruce is a diplomatic historian who will discuss the Cold War in general and the events of the crisis in particular. “[It] was the closest that the United States and the Soviet Union came to nuclear war,” stated Bruce.

Brewer is the author of three books about the Cold War, including Cold War Oklahoma. He will discuss the nuclear-tipped Atlas missiles that ringed Altus Air Force Base in southwest Oklahoma during the height of the Cold War in the early 1960s, along with civil defense preparations to survive a nuclear attack. “The state played a significant role during the Cold War’s most dangerous 13 days in October 1962,” Brewer commented.

Bruce and Brewer will begin their presentations at 7 pm in the Stafford Center, Room 104. The public is invited to this free event.

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