Question

During the 1950s, how close did the U.S. and Soviet Union come to nuclear war?​

Answer 1

called the Cuban Missile Crisis “the most dangerous moment in human history.” Scholars and politicians agree that for several days the world was the closest it has ever come to nuclear Armageddon. But the nature of the risks confronting Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have been widely misunderstood.