Missile Scare
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Missile Scare is an alternative name for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the tense 1962 Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War crisis
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cuban Missile Crisis
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Crisis
October Crisis ⓘ |
| alternateName | Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ |
| chronology |
after Bay of Pigs Invasion
ⓘ
before Vietnam War escalation ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Cuba
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedBySource | Cold War historiography ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
history
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ security studies ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
ⓘ
establishment of the Moscow–Washington hotline ⓘ |
| genre | nuclear crisis ⓘ |
| hasCause | deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
Cuban Missile Crisis
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
heightened risk of nuclear war ⓘ secret U.S.-Soviet negotiations ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1962-10-28 ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1962-10-16 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
brinkmanship
ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ superpower diplomacy ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| location |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the closest moments to nuclear war in history ⓘ |
| outcome |
U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba
ⓘ
secret removal of U.S. Jupiter missiles from Turkey ⓘ withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba ⓘ |
| participant |
National Security Council of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Executive Committee of the National Security Council
Fidel Castro ⓘ John F. Kennedy ⓘ Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century international relations ⓘ |
| pointInTime | October 1962 ⓘ |
| risk | nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Soviet agreement to remove missiles on 1962-10-28
ⓘ
U.S. naval quarantine proclamation on 1962-10-22 ⓘ |
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