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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Label Occurrences
Cuban Missile Crisis canonical 65
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 3
Caribbean Crisis 3

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 ⓘ

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John F. Kennedy → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Cold War → hasSignificantEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Cuban Missile Crisis → alsoKnownAs → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Crisis
James G. Blight is a scholar of international relations and Cold War history → fieldOfWork → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
subject surface form: James G. Blight
James G. Blight is a scholar of international relations and Cold War history → notableTopic → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
subject surface form: James G. Blight
Fidel Castro → involvedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
October Crisis → hasAlternativeName → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
October Crisis → hasAlternativeName → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Crisis
October Crisis → mainEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
Missile Scare → alternateName → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Missile Scare → hasEffect → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
Missile Scare → alsoKnownAs → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Crisis
Kennedy's European tour of 1963 → follows → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
armed forces of Cuba → participatedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
subject surface form: Armed Forces of Cuba
USSR–Cuba military alliance → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
United States–Cuba relations → majorCrisis → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Brigade 2506 → relatedEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Kennedy administration → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Kennedy administration → conflict → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Missile Crisis confrontation with Soviet Union
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado → notable event → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Operation Anadyr → partOf → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Operation Anadyr → hasEffect → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
flexible response doctrine → influencedBy → 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
United States–Soviet Union relations → significantEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty → context → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Missile Crisis aftermath
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) → influencedBy → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Berlin Crisis → relatedEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Anastas Mikoyan → participantIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations
Hotel Nacional de Cuba → associatedWith → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Soviet Navy → conflict → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba → involvedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
FAR → involvedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis → mainSubject → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis → depicts → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Monroe Doctrine → appliedDuring → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Operation Zapata → relatedTo → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Revolutionary Government of Cuba → involvedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House → coversEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Andrei Gromyko → participantIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
McGeorge Bundy → participantIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
R-12 Dvina missile → usedIn → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
subject surface form: R-12 Dvina
R-14 Chusovaya missile → associatedEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
subject surface form: R-14 Chusovaya
John A. McCone → notableEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Russo–American relations → includesEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Dragon Lady → usedInConflict → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
subject surface form: Lockheed U-2
On the Brink: Americans and Soviets Reexamine the Cuban Missile Crisis → mainSubject → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
On the Brink: Americans and Soviets Reexamine the Cuban Missile Crisis → focusesOnEvent → Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis