Part one of term paper
This Is probably the closest mankind has ever gotten to extinction. This was a time when tensions were at it's highest. For the first time in the history of the world, man could've made the earth look like an apple eaten down to the core. Of course I am talking about the one and only Cuban Missile Crisis. The U.S. was kicking the Soviet Un ...

Part two of term paper
... against the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro was looking for a way to defend Cuba, which explains why he let Soviet missiles in. Castro felt that after the failure of the Bay of Pigs, a second attack was inevitable. The real crisis for the U.S. didn't occur until October 15, 1962 when reconnaissance photographs showed that Soviet missiles were under construction in Cuba. After a week of intense debate, Kennedy decided to impose a naval quarantine around Cuba. This ensured that no more Soviet mi ...