The Crisis

"Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right- -not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere, and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved." -John F. Kennedy, giving a speech to the American people, October 22nd 1962.

13 days. Only 13 days was needed to bring the whole world onto the brink of total nuclear annihilation. Mostly taking place in the month of October 1962, read how both leaderships of the United States of America and the Soviet Union respectively, reacted and saved the world from full-scale nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crisis.