Answer:
cuban missile crisis. kennedy, a war hero himself but also a politician, picked negotiation over fighting avoiding a possible nuclear war
Step-by-step explanation:
1. 1953 in ussr after stalin died, khrushchev took over 1953
2. Khrushchev criticized stalin & took ussr in a new more open direction but wasnt as powerful as stalin.
3. 1959 fidel castro (& che guevara) & beginning with just 60 people eventually kicked out corrupt president & took over as leader of cuba.
4. new york threw him a parade but since castro kicked out & american companies, the US didnt support him so castro looked to & got support from the soviet union.
5. kennedy in 1961 ran "bay of pigs" operation which failed to get rid of castro
6. 1961 usa put nuclear missiles by the soviet border in turkey
7. 1962 ussr put missiles in cuba which is 90 miles from
8. kennedy puts a blockade preventing ships from going to cuba
9. much of the world thought there might be a nuclear war
10. usa generals really tried to convince kennedy to go to war
11. kennedy listened to generals but decided to go to with negotiations. kennedy negotiated peace with ussr president Khrushchev 1962
12. 1963 a red phone was installed which provided a direct line between the american & russian president so there would be future mis understandings
13. side note : in 1962 Vasili Arkhipov, a 2nd in command naval officer went against his captain & a political officer & prevented a soviet nuclear missile launch
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