Summary:
Provides an accurate, detailed description of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Details how the crisis affected America as a whole and the presidency of John F. Kennedy. Hypothesizes how the world would have changed if the crisis had not been averted successfully.
In 1962, the world experienced a threat so real, so dangerous, and so deadly, that many believed Armageddon was approaching. The Cuban Missile Crisis was undoubtedly the closest the world has come to nuclear war in its entire existence. The presence of Soviet nuclear warheads on Cuban soil, less than 100 miles from the coast of Florida shocked the world. The discovery of the missiles was completely unexpected; the public's reaction was not. Thousands of people stockpiled food, students were trained to survive nuclear holocaust and civilians built bomb shelters in their back yards. It was the most shocking event of the 20th Century, one that many thought they would not survive. These countries were drawn into the conflict by the deception of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. What got them out?.....
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