After Kennedy found a good and acceptable solution for both sides, he gained a lot of respect in the West and even in the West. In his own country, the United States of America, he came out of the crisis with a greatly improved reputation, what gave him more respect and political power. Kennedy had ended the Cold War and gained a role as peacemaker, willing to keep peace with the East. Because of Kennedy's successful compromises with the Russian leader Khrushchev, new steps were taken to reduce the risk of a nuclear war. They set up a direct telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin, the Russian parliament building, to make sure that the two presidents are talking to each other privately and nobody else could listen or manipulate the conversation. But the most important step for the...