COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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It was the first conflict between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
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It was the closest the world had ever come to a nuclear war.
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It led to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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It was the end of the conflict between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -A crucial moment in the unfolding crisis arrived on October 24, when Soviet ships bound for Cuba neared the line of U.S. vessels enforcing the blockade. An attempt by the Soviets to breach the blockade would likely have sparked a military confrontation that could have quickly escalated to a nuclear exchange.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historians agree that the Cuban Missile Crisis helped to thaw Cold War relations between the USA and the USSR. Both leaders had seen how their game of brinkmanship had nearly ended in nuclear war. Now they were more prepared to take steps to reduce the risk of nuclear war.