'Now, as to Cuba - there's a place that could really lead to some unexpected consequences.' This statement by Nikita Khrushchev in 1962 shows his anger towards the United States and that he is in the position to threaten them with weapons (Chayes 47). When Khrushchev moved his weapons and troops into Cuba, it struck fear into the hearts of all Americans. The next two months would be devoted to President John F. Kennedy trying to …showed first 75 words of 2091 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2091 total…in the atmosphere. Then on November 22nd, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Eleven months after that Premier Khrushchev was removed from office by communist hard liners. People can't help but to wonder what would have happened if these two men had stayed in power. The same two people who brought the U.S. so close to nuclear war, now changed by that experience, could have taken the world far from it (America On-Line).