Secrets of War Cold War: The Kennedy Years (Season 1, Episode 57)
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TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

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Secrets of War

Cold War: The Kennedy Years (Season 1, Episode 57)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

This youngest of American presidents took over in the most tense period of the Cold War. The stories from within the White House, on the front lines of CIA operations in Cuba and in the espionage capital of Berlin.

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Oct 24, 2001 (United States)

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Charlton Heston Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence Freedman Self - Author 'kennedy's Wars' Self - Author 'kennedy's Wars' See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Robert McNamara Self - U.S. Secretery of Defence, 1961-1968 Self - U.S. Secretery of Defence, 1961-1968 See fewer	The Fog of War (2003)
Philip Brenner Self - Professor of International Relations, American University Self - Professor of International Relations, American University See fewer	Secret Wars Uncovered (2020)
Jack Hawkins Self - Chief, Paramilitary Section - CIA Cuba Project (as Col. Jack Hawkins USMC Ret.) Self - Chief, Paramilitary Section - CIA Cuba Project (as Col. Jack Hawkins USMC Ret.) See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
David Kaiser Self - Author 'American Tragedy' Self - Author 'American Tragedy' See fewer	Generation Zero (2010)
Sergei Khrushchev Self - Nikita Khrushchev's Son and Biographer (as Dr. Sergei Khrushchev) Self - Nikita Khrushchev's Son and Biographer (as Dr. Sergei Khrushchev) See fewer	The Gray Wolves (1993)
Samuel Halpern Self - Former Executive Assistant to CIA Deputy Director of Plans Self - Former Executive Assistant to CIA Deputy Director of Plans See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Self - Special Assistant to President Kennedy Self - Special Assistant to President Kennedy See fewer	Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)
Richard H. Shultz Self - Author 'the Secret War Against Hanoi' Self - Author 'the Secret War Against Hanoi' See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Richard M. Bissell Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Ngo Dinh Diem Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	This Week (1956)
Allen Dulles Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Issues and Answers (1960)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Interview mit Berlin (1959)
Edward G. Lansdale Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	1960 National Nominating Conventions (1960)
John McCone Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Year of the Tiger
Oleg Penkovsky Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Dean Rusk Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Santo Domingo: War Among Friends (1965)
Theodore Sorensen Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	18 in '08 (2007)
Adlai Stevenson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Startime (I) (1959)
Maxwell Taylor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Issues and Answers (1960)