During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War rivalry came close to nuclear war as the Soviet Union began shipping nuclear missiles to Cuba, a ..... country 90 miles off the coast of Florida.

CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War rivalry came close to nuclear war as the Soviet Union began shipping nuclear missiles to Cuba, a ____ country 90 miles off the coast of Florida.

A	communist
B	democratic
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

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: -Many nuclear historians agree that 27 October 1962, known as “Black Saturday”, was the closest the world came to nuclear catastrophe, as US forces enforced a blockade of Cuba to stop deliveries of Soviet missiles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The result of the Cuban Missile Crisis was an increasing buildup of nuclear weapons that continued until the end of the Cold War. Air Force General Curtis LeMay was less sanguine because the U.S. had already been limiting its above ground tests while the Soviets had been increasing their own.

Detailed explanation-4: -<br> why was the cuban Missile crisis considered as the high point of the cold war ? Solution : (a) both the superpowers were directly poised against each other for the first time due to the cuban missile Crisis.

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