One lesson derived from the cuban missile crisis is that "understanding the motives of your adversary is essential".
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was an immediate and hazardous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union amid the Cold War and was the minute when the two superpowers came nearest to atomic clash. The emergency was remarkable in various ways, highlighting computations and miscounts and in addition immediate and mystery correspondences and miscommunications between the two sides.