{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Able Archer: The Invisible Cuban Missile Crisis","description":"The Cuban Missile Crisis is widely considered to be the closest the world has come to nuclear war. But while that crisis played out in public view, there was another close call that happened in the shadows. In this episode the story of Able Archer 83. Brian Morra is the author of \u201cThe Able Archers.\u201d He has spent his career in intelligence and national security beginning with his time as a decorated Air Force Intelligence officer and through his many years as a senior executive in the aerospace and defense industry. Lt. Cdr. Steven Wills served for 20 years as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer, he served on a variety of small and medium surface combatants, including an assignment as the executive officer of a mine countermeasures ship. Further Reading Brian J. Morra, The Able Archers (Virginia Beach, VA: K\u00f6ehler Books, 2022), https:\/\/www.koehlerbooks.com\/book\/the-able-archers\/ Bernd Schaefer, Nate Jones, and Benjamin B. Fischer, \u201cForecasting Nuclear War,\u201d Wilson Center, Cold War International History Project https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/publication\/forecasting-nuclear-war Zach Dorfman, \u201cThe Congressman Who Created His Own Deep State. Really.\u201d Politico, December 2, 2018, https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2018\/12\/02\/larry-mcdonald-communists-deep-state-222726\/.   ","author_name":"Coming in From the Cold: Untold Stories from the Cold War","author_url":"http:\/\/ciftc.libsyn.com\/website","html":"