Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most exciting part of the Cold War for me. I think part of that is because, it was the closest we came to war during the cold war time period. Along with that, it was also the closest the world had/has ever come to a nuclear war. I believe it was actually good that the crisis occurred, because it showed people that nuclear could really happen at any second. Because of this, I think it also scared the US and USSR which was good because after the crisis, tensions became a little lessened for the first time. This also led to the beginning of communication between the US and Soviet Union which helped the Cold war come to an end.
I agree with you point that during the Cuban missile crisis tensions were extremely high, and afterwards they lessened a bit. I think the world was holding their breath at the time of the crisis and once the soviet Union Backed down, everyone was relieved.
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