The Cuban Missile Crisis: broken ties & a secret pact
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Khrushchev's Plan to Place Nuclear Weapons in Cuba
Krushchev saw the placement of nuclear missiles in Turkey as a sign of American arrogance. Khrushchev was trying to put pressure on Kennedy over Berlin, he says. He also thought they would deter an invasion of Cuba by the U.S., according to his memoirs. The Soviet prime minister's grand scheme ended up curing nothing, writes Peter Bergen.
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