Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cold War confrontation international crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 1962 Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caribbean Crisis	3
U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba	2
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis	1
Cuban Missile Crisis aftermath	1
Cuban Missile Crisis confrontation with Soviet Union	1
Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War confrontation ⓘ international crisis ⓘ
aftermath	Khrushchev’s political weakening in USSR ⓘ greater emphasis on nuclear deterrence management ⓘ strengthening of Kennedy’s international reputation ⓘ
agreement	US pledge not to invade Cuba ⓘ secret US promise to remove Jupiter missiles from Turkey ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ surface form: Caribbean Crisis Missile Scare ⓘ October Crisis ⓘ
cause	US attempts to overthrow Cuban government ⓘ US missiles stationed in Turkey and Italy ⓘ USSR desire to counter US nuclear advantage ⓘ
conflictDuring	Cold War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Cuba ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
CubanLeader	Fidel Castro ⓘ
discoveredBy	U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ surface form: US U-2 reconnaissance flights
endDate	1962-10-28 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	catalyst for 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty ⓘ turning point in Cold War ⓘ
keyEvent	Kennedy’s televised address on 1962-10-22 ⓘ Soviet ships approaching US quarantine line ⓘ exchange of letters between Kennedy and Khrushchev ⓘ shootdown of US U-2 over Cuba ⓘ
location	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Cuba ⓘ
precededBy	Bay of Pigs Invasion ⓘ
relatedTo	Operation Anadyr ⓘ USSR–Cuba military alliance ⓘ
result	establishment of Washington–Moscow hotline ⓘ increased nuclear arms control efforts ⓘ withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba ⓘ withdrawal of US Jupiter missiles from Turkey ⓘ
riskLevel	brink of nuclear war ⓘ
SovietAction	construction of missile launch sites in Cuba ⓘ secret deployment of nuclear missiles to Cuba ⓘ
SovietLeader	Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
startDate	1962-10-16 ⓘ
subjectOf	films and documentaries ⓘ numerous history books ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
triggeredBy	deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba ⓘ
USPresident	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
USResponse	diplomatic negotiations with USSR ⓘ naval quarantine of Cuba ⓘ threat of military invasion of Cuba ⓘ
year	1962 ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cuban Missile Crisis → alsoKnownAs → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean Crisis

Missile Scare → alsoKnownAs → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean Crisis

Missile Scare → alternateName → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Monroe Doctrine → appliedDuring → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Hotel Nacional de Cuba → associatedWith → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Kennedy administration → conflict → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban Missile Crisis confrontation with Soviet Union

Soviet Navy → conflict → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty → context → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban Missile Crisis aftermath

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis → depicts → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

James G. Blight is a scholar of international relations and Cold War history → fieldOfWork → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: James G. Blight

Kennedy's European tour of 1963 → follows → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

October Crisis → hasAlternativeName → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean Crisis

Missile Scare → hasEffect → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba

Operation Anadyr → hasEffect → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Cold War → hasSignificantEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) → influencedBy → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

flexible response doctrine → influencedBy → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

FAR → involvedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Fidel Castro → involvedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba → involvedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

October Crisis → mainEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis → mainSubject → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

United States–Cuba relations → majorCrisis → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado → notable event → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

John F. Kennedy → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Kennedy administration → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Nikita Khrushchev → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

USSR–Cuba military alliance → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

James G. Blight is a scholar of international relations and Cold War history → notableTopic → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: James G. Blight

Operation Anadyr → partOf → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Anastas Mikoyan → participantIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations

armed forces of Cuba → participatedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: Armed Forces of Cuba

Berlin Crisis → relatedEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Brigade 2506 → relatedEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Operation Zapata → relatedTo → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

United States–Soviet Union relations → significantEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

Lockheed U-2 → usedDuring → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile → usedInConflict → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: S-75 Dvina