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How did the Kennedy Administration avoid war with the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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[[File:LeMay_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|President Kennedy meeting with General Curtis LeMayduring the Cuban Missile Crisis]]__NOTOC__
The [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199795703/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0199795703&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=a4b07fd55dd1fcae5b34804773aba099 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. The crisis was unique in a number of ways, featuring calculations and miscalculations as well as direct and secret communications and miscommunications between the two sides. The dramatic crisis was also characterized by the fact that it was primarily played out at the White House and the Kremlin level with relatively little input from the respective bureaucracies typically involved in the foreign policy process.