“Once More Unto the Brink, Once More”
Soviet-American relations, tense during the Cold War, came to a head in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Aware that the Soviets had installed nuclear missiles aimed at the United States in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered reconnaissance flights on October 9, 1962, to assess his response. Herblock, paraphrasing Shakespeare’s Henry V, depicts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev endangering world peace.
Soviet-American relations, tense during the Cold War, came to a head in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Aware that the Soviets had installed nuclear missiles aimed at the United States in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered reconnaissance flights on October 9, 1962, to assess his response. Herblock, paraphrasing Shakespeare’s <em>Henry V</em>, depicts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev endangering world peace.