COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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nuclear war
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a communist government in Cuba
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loss of a major trading partner in the Caribbean
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armed conflict between Turkey and the Soviet Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cuban Missile Crisis was not resolved by unwieldy gunslinging and erratic military fronting. Kennedy and Khrushchev brushed past the red button, but managed to keep missiles in silos and avoid nuclear catastrophe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eventually, Soviet Premier Khrushchev acquiesced to Kennedy’s demands, agreeing to remove the missiles from Cuba publically if the United States military would promise not to invade Cuba and secretly remove missiles from Turkey, averting potential disaster and ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Detailed explanation-3: -After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this “quarantine, ” as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.
Detailed explanation-4: -The crisis was ultimately resolved with an agreement that the United States would not invade Cuba in exchange for the removal of the offending Soviet missiles.