THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

October 23, 2019   A publication of the Cuban Studies Institute

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (October 1962) *By Pedro Roig The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dramatic event of the Cold War. Fifty-seven years ago, the U.S. and the Soviet Union stood on the threshold of a nuclear holocaust. The possible magnitude of the worldwide destruction can scarcely be overstated. The strategic concept for deploying nuclear missiles in Cuba was presented to the Soviet Politburo by Premier Nikita Khrushchev. In his autobiography, Khrushchev wrote: “My thinking went like this: If we install the missiles secretly and the U.S. discovers them after they were already poised and ready to strike, the Americans would think twice before trying to liquidate our installations by military means.” Continue Reading * Pedro Roig is Executive Director of the Cuban Studies Institute. Roig is an attorney and historian that has written several books, including the Death of a Dream: A History of Cuba. He is a veteran of the Brigade 2506

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