I was 10 years old the last time.
I didn’t understand but my mam and dad were terrified.
It was Game Theory played out to perfection by the Kennedy brothers and, less commonly acknowledged, by Nikita Khrushchev.
At any rate, history records it as a “game”. If the outcome had been different perhaps it would not be viewed as such – if, indeed, there were any of us left to have “history”.
Please God today’s players are every bit as skilful.
Well said, John. This is a time for cool heads and it is good to see that negotiation channels are being developed.
Thanks Greg and MC. The art of brinkmanship negotiation is to give each other an "out". I seem to recollect that the out for the crisis was America's quid pro quo with US missiles in Turkey, presented in the US as pre-planned but in the USSR as a climb-down.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden and Moonlight.
The positive side is that the Russian foreign minister is a wily old bird of considerable experience. As was the case with his
equivalent in the USA during the Cuban missile crisis. It's
called "brinkmanship".
My earliest memory of awareness of the national news is the BBC starting with a map of Cuba, night after night.
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John Coopey
Thu 27th Jan 2022 17:48
Jaw jaw always better than war war, Stephen. And thanks for the Like, Stephen A.