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Essay Galaxy - Cuban Missile Crisis 4
The Cuban Missle Crisis
The world will never be the same since October of 1962. It is now known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The U.S.
learned that the Soviets were building nuclear missile bases on Cuba because the Soviets wanted to close the missile
gap. Even though the Soviet Union promised they would not attempt to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, they put
them there anyway in hopes that the U.S. would not find out until it was too late to do anything about it. The ploy
almost worked. The nuclear bases were very near completion when a U.S. U-2 spy plane discovered the bases. The
world held its breath as these events unfolded before their eyes; If any decision had have been different, it might
have led to WW III. That is not a very comforting thought, knowing that we were so close to a nuclear holocaust.
Many believe Kennedy made the r....
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