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The Letter That Stopped Nuclear Armageddon: Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) In October 1962, the world stood on the brink of full-scale nuclear war. The USSR deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba — just 90 miles from the U.S. The U.S. declared a naval blockade. Tensions escalated hour by hour. The crisis peaked with an exchange of letters between Khrushchev and Kennedy: Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the missiles in exchange for U.S. guarantees not to invade Cuba and a secret removal of American missiles from Turkey. Fun fact: Many historians believe that without personal diplomacy and backchannel communications, nuclear war could have begun within hours.
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