The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, at the height of the Cold War, highlighted the nuclear threat between the US and USSR over Soviet missile sites in Cuba, culminating in a tense standoff averted by diplomatic negotiations led by President Kennedy. The crisis underscored the need for international diplomacy, de-escalation of conflicts, and led to enhanced US-Soviet relations and nuclear disarmament efforts in the aftermath.
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