{"product_id":"cuban-missile-crisis-playing-cards","title":"Cuban Missile Crisis Playing Cards","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis deck commemorates the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, when the world was at the brink of a full scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missile deployments in Cuba.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e22 Oct 1962 Cuba EXCOMM (Executive Committee of the National Security Council)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe world has never before nor since been so close to the precipice of such a global nuclear catastrophe. And hopefully never will again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe deck commemorates the key players in the Cold War confrontation in the aces of the deck (President John F Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Soviet 1st Secretary Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban 1st Secretary Fidel Castro).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe jokers captures two key elements central to the nuclear confrontation: the U-2 spy plane which revealed the Soviet's plans to station nuclear missiles in Cuba, and the mobile missile launchers that were being deployed by the Soviets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCuban Missile Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e theme is embedded within the back-card design. Notably, the U-2, soviet missiles and the Russians working in Cuba with Castro's regime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLessons were learned from this confrontation included the sobering realization about how close the world had come to catastrophe and that efforts should be made to avoid it happening again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis crisis also led to the establishment of the Moscow-Washington hotline in an effort to avoid some of the misunderstanding and miscommunication that characterized the US-Soviet exchanges over the course of the confrontation. The hotline is commemorated in the tuck box seal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese cards were illustrated by Shira Bentley from Australia, the same artist who worked with us on the \"State of Utopia\" playing cards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColors merge across numbered and face cards, a striking representation of the key players involved during this crisis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis deck of cards features all-custom number, face and back cards, telling a historical account of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCuban Missile Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese cards are printed by Noir Arts (NPCC) in Europe (Ukraine) on 310 gsm premium German Linen (Air Cushion finished) stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeck specifications:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e52 customs cards + 2 Jokers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 double backers cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 information card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSticker sealed tuck case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited print run of under 1,000 decks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2021 release\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Red Chair Magic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67771301134653,"sku":"aoc1792656681289","price":11.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/4067\/9485\/files\/cuban-missile-crisis-playing-cards_1.png?v=1792656696","url":"https:\/\/toastcladfit.shop\/products\/cuban-missile-crisis-playing-cards","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}