In what ways did the Cuban missile crisis change the relations between the US and USSR in the 1960(TM)s?

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In what ways did the Cuban missile crisis change the relations between the US and USSR in the 1960’s? (10 marks)

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. After the failed ‘Bay of Pigs Invasion’, the USSR gained trust and support from Fidel Castro, Cuban leader, by supporting Cuba with their communist regime. Khrushchev secretly installed missiles in Cuba, and when U.S. spy planes found missile construction zones, President Kennedy imposed a blockade surrounding Cuba using their naval warships. He threatened the USSR that if any missile was launched from Cuba then the US will attack the USSR and he also demanded that the USSR remove all of their weapons from Cuba.

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On October 23rd, Russian ships approached Cuba. Tension began to build on both sides and the world went silent. Both sides had enough nuclear weapons to destroy the earth 4 times. This could be the start of a nuclear war? On the 24th October, even though the soviet ships were closely approaching the border of Cuba, Khrushchev ordered the Russian ships to turn around. Khrushchev knew the consequences of sending the ships there; a nuclear war that could destroy the whole world. He turned the ships away to avoid further conflict and to avoid hot war.

On the 25th October, ...

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