{"id":264,"date":"2015-08-14T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T15:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/csnider\/?p=264"},"modified":"2015-08-14T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T15:05:56","slug":"want-to-influence-world-leaders-become-a-historian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/csnider\/2015\/08\/14\/want-to-influence-world-leaders-become-a-historian\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Influence World Leaders?\u00a0 Become a Historian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very interesting article by Nick Danforth on how Barbara Tuckman&#8217;s book, <em>The Guns of August<\/em>, helped convinced John F. Kennedy to not let the Cuban Missle Crisis turn into a nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2015\/08\/can-history-save-the-world\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/csnider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/08\/Meeting_of_the_Executive_Committee_of_the_National_Security_Council-_Cuba_Crisis._President_Kennedy_Secretary_of..._-_NARA_-_1942462.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2015\/08\/can-history-save-the-world\/\">Can History Save the World? &#8211; War on the Rocks<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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