USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1962 the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities. The confrontation that followed, known as the Cuban missile crisis, brought the two superpowers to the brink of war before an agreement was reached to withdraw the missiles.

Detailed explanation-2: -How does this cartoon apply to the events of the Cold war? Kennedy and Khrushchev repeatedly challenged and tried to bully each other. The cartoonist suggests that, if this hostility continues, the two countries may get trapped in a real war, even a nuclear war.