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→Expanse of the Crisis Section: Sergei Khrushchev
:::::What you've seen is precisely what I've stated above. But the known facts now are, this was not a confrontation of Kennedy & Khruschev eyeball to eyeball. This is what needs to be articulated, so we probably will have to consult some Soviet sources, Sergey Khruschev may be a good starting point. Two questions remain, (1) to what extent was this known or understood in US policymaking circles, and (2) if it was known, why have misperceptions of this nature persisted through subsequent Cold War negotiations and crises? (IOW, is this simply another example of US Intelligence failures which, in this case, persisted for decades; and if not, what purpose did disinformation serve?). [[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:34, 7 June 2007 (EDT)
:::::What you've seen is precisely what I've stated above. But the known facts now are, this was not a confrontation of Kennedy & Khruschev eyeball to eyeball. This is what needs to be articulated, so we probably will have to consult some Soviet sources, Sergey Khruschev may be a good starting point. Two questions remain, (1) to what extent was this known or understood in US policymaking circles, and (2) if it was known, why have misperceptions of this nature persisted through subsequent Cold War negotiations and crises? (IOW, is this simply another example of US Intelligence failures which, in this case, persisted for decades; and if not, what purpose did disinformation serve?). [[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:34, 7 June 2007 (EDT)
==Soviet military doctrine==
This is just a quick check as to what's available online, from a ''PBS News Hour'' roundtable with Sergei Khrushchev,
:SERGEI KHRUSHCHEV: '' . It was the biggest miscalculation of my father and he had to make improvisation later after the beginning of the crisis.
: JIM LEHRER: ''And in the final analysis he turned those ships around and he took those missiles off because he thought that United States really was going to bomb Cuba, really was prepared to start a war--
:SERGEI KHRUSHCHEV:--'''if the strike will begin, he [Khurushchev] will lose the control of the situation and then nobody knows who would push the button, general, sergeant, colonel''', ''and all this fire on this distraction. At that time there was no technical possibility to prevent it. You can turn the key, like in the car, push the button, and destroy New York City and then begin the war. So he wanted to prevent that. '' http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec97/cuba_10-16.html --[[User:RobS|RobS]] 13:19, 8 June 2007 (EDT)