Cuban Missile Crisis
In the chapter of the 1900’s called the Cold War, there is one clear and undeniable climax. October 16, 1962, and the twelve days that followed, the world came to a standstill over an event known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. This conflict was an inevitable wake up call to all involved that provided a stark realization about how volatile the cold war had become. To say that the conflict began in 1962 is foolish. Its roots date much further back, in fact all the way to the creation of the first atomic bomb and the end of the Second World War. But it was at this time that all the tensions between the nuclear superpowers, being the United States and the Soviet Union came to a dangerous head. At no time before or after this has the threat of the destruction of the human civilization been more real. What was the conflict, why did it start, were the leaders involved really willing to take it to the point of nuclear war, and what were its impacts on the arms race and diplomacy between the feuding countries and uninvolved nations are important questions to ask when trying to get a grasp of this deadly game. In mid October 1962, it was announced to the public by the U.S. that the Soviet Union had been placing both intermediate and m
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Approximate Word count = 1576
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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