Part 1 of Essay
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 k ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... 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 missiles would enter Cuba. Kennedy told the public about the situation and his decision to quarantine Cuba on October 22. He also said that any nuclear missile launched from Cuba would be regarded as an attack on the United States by the Soviet Union and demanded that the Soviets remove all of their offensive weapons from Cuba. Then on th ....