JFK-Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

During President Kennedy’s short-lived term, many a sticky situation arose. The first was the Bay of Pigs fiasco, then the Berlin Crisis, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis. This situation posed the greatest threat to US security in a long time. Kennedy acted swiftly and with just cause.
This crisis began on October 16, 1962. Robert Kennedy ran to his older brother with news of a few missile bunkers being built in Cuba. JFK knew that this situation had to be dealt with as soon as possi...