Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction
that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the
Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals
after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of
Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense
negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F.
Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev prepared for the
possibility of nuclear war. While neither man wanted a war and
understood the potential consequences, the situation was not merely
in their hands. Khrushchev faced pressure from Soviets to take a
hardline stance against the U.S., while Kennedy faced the real
possibility of a military coup if he did not follow the strong
recommendations of his military advisors to destroy the missiles.
As Attorney General Robert Kennedy said, "The 10 or 12 people who
participated in all these discussions were bright and energetic
people. We had perhaps amongst the most able in the country and if
any one of a half a dozen of them were president, the world would
have been very likely plunged into catastrophic war." Read more
about the history of this short crisis in this book. HistoryCaps is
an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With each book, a brief period
of history is recapped. We publish a wide array of topics (from
baseball and music to science and philosophy), so check our growing
catalogue regularly to see our newest books.
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