…”Mr Khrushchev is no fool-and the American people now know that beyond a doubt. He is shrewd, he is tough, he is vigorous, well informed, and confident…There was some feeling in recent years that even Mr. Khrushchev could be pictured largely as a short-tempered, vodka-drinking politician-buffoon.

But the Khrushchev with whom I met…was a tough- minded, articulate, hard-reasoning spokesman…. (Thirteen Days Ninety Miles NORMAN H. FINKELSTIEIN pg 14)

It all started on October 16, 1962 when a u2 spy plane photo graphed pictures of missiles sites in Cuba. The Attorney Gen

His ultimatium was for Khrushchev to remove all missile from Cuba or face a nuclear war with the Untied States. There where some positive results from the crisis, in addition to the noninvasion.

Khrushchev did not fare as well. He had put a lot of his personal reputation into the build-up of missiles in Cuba. For this he would lose his, leadership of the Soviet Union and spend the rest of his days in disgrace, in forced retirement.

Some say as the world “held her breath, Khrushchev relented and agreed to remove the missile from Cuba.

Both men knew what a nuclear war would mean to the world, neither wanted to be responsible for starting such a war, but Kennedy would not back down.

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