WHAT IF...THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS ESCALATED?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was just one rash judgement, one communication breakdown, or one incident getting out of control from turning the Cold War hot – and risking a nuclear war that would change the fate of the entire world in the 20th century. The Soviets had clandestinely deployed nuclear missiles to Communist-friendly Cuba to level the playing field against the US, which had placed Jupiter missiles on the Soviet Union’s doorstep in Turkey.
When the US discovered the presence of a medium-and intermediate-range ballistic missile launch sites under construction just 90 miles
