The Cuban Missile Crisis: Conflict between the U.S. and Russia What happened, who caused it, and how it could have been avoided The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness and Soviet forces in Cuba were prepared to use nuclear weapons deployed on Cuban beaches to defend the island if it was invaded. However, histories opinion …showed first 75 words of 1578 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1578 total…of a day-or-two-long negotiation to prevent nuclear weaponry technology and neighboring missile silos. It's funny to think that the two men who brought us so close to nuclear war, are now regaled as heros. What could be more difficult then successfully negotiating a conflict that lasted 14 days that could have only lasted one or two? Who knows what more great things these two leaders could have accomplished had fate not stepped in and changed history?