Cuban Missile Crisis: Secrets Revealed (Lecture Series)
Virtually all historians agree that during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world
came the closest to nuclear war than at any time before or since. Over the
course of the last several years, troves of previously classified materials
have been released that shed new light on what each side knew and did,
and how close the world really came to a nuclear holocaust. This lecture will
outline the weeks of tensions, in context with the newly declassified materials.
– George Deutsch, B.A.
*A continuation of the lecture in Winter 2019
**Happy Hour Lecture Series and Discussion – Attend one, two, three, or all four!
Beer and Pizza included in the ticket prices for those over the age of 21
George Deutsch, B.S., Executive Director, Emeritus, of the Erie County Historical Society/Hagen History Center is a leader in historical preservation and multiple public history projects. In 2022, he concluded a five-year, $11 Million, building and exhibit construction project for the History Center. He has co-founded several historical organizations related to the Civil War and the War of 1812 in his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, including the Flagship Niagara League, which played a central role in reconstructing the U.S. Brig Niagara and creating the Erie Maritime Museum. He has taught history courses at the Chautauqua Institution in New York since 2005 and has lectured on both political and historical topics at Erie’s Jefferson Educational Society since 2010. For 30 years he has given numerous presentations on Civil War history across seven states and Washington, D.C. In 2023, Deutsch finished a three-year term on the Historical Marker Committee for the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office. He continues to serve as a representative for the America250PA Commission. He has been published in numerous journals and also served as a consultant to National Geographic magazine for its Civil War sesquicentennial issue. Deutsch was honored twice by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and received the Local History Award in 2003 from the Erie County Historical Society. He earned a degree in history from Mercyhurst University and was also educated at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is currently writing a new book on the famous Civil War regiment, the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry from northwestern Pennsylvania.
