The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Short Summary
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The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a nuclear conflict between the USA and the Soviet Union. Background : It was, in fact, a cold war between socialism and capitalism. Thus, America's attempt to remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba failed. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, and Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba, came to an agreement to station Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba to deter any future American invasion. Unfortunately, US intelligence learned about it. As a result, a nuclear war between two superpowers was almost inevitable. The Cuban crisis of 1962 : Two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, entered into a cold war after World War Two. In an effort to combat socialism, America invaded Cuba in 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro's socialist regime. Fidel Castro, the president of Cuba, and Nikita Khrushchev, the premier of the Soviet Union, reached an agreement to prevent similar American aggression in the future. The deal gave the Soviets permis...
