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Why is the Cuban missile crisis called the climax of the cold war?

Posted by Taani Kaur 4 years, 1 month ago

CBSE > Class 12 > Political Science

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Sia ? 4 years, 1 month ago

The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

Cuba was an ally of USSR. It received financial and diplomatic help from USSR. In 1962, the Soviet Union decided to convert Cube into Russian base and planted nuclear missiles. The President of the USA ordered the American warships to intercept any Soviet ships heading to Cuba in order to warn the USSR. Such turn of events brought the two countries closest to the nuclear war. Thus, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the peak of the Cold War.

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Rashmi Ranjan 4 years, 1 month ago

Peak time for hot war*

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Rashmi Ranjan 4 years, 1 month ago

Cuban missile crisis is called the climax of the cold war because it wss the peak time for having a cold war because both the superpowers were standing directly against each other and hence the whole world was worried for World War 3. But as this crisis came to an end , the whole world got a relief because this incident showed that the two superpowers were acting responsible. After this crisis, superpower's allies got into conflicts but it was small and wasn't a direct threat for hot war.

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