1. The world at the Brink!!! Honestly, kinda scary….
Cuban Missile Crisis VS
The world at the Brink!!! Honestly, kinda scary….

2. “We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.”
Taking chicken too far?
“We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.”
- U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk

3. Where is this Crisis happening?

4. So, US bumbles up things in Cuba…
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)
Unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
Why? – Communists!
Carried out by armed Cuban exiles
Funded by the US
Caused problems in Cuban- American relations

5. Soviets are doing things in Cuba…
Soviets want to place missiles in Cuba
Why? – US has missiles in Turkey
U2 spy planes confirm Soviet plans
So what’s gonna happen!!??!?!?!?!

6. The world at the brink…
President Kennedy (JFK)sets up a blockade of Cuba
Soviet ships can’t get to Cuba
Except one…
Last second deal is made
USSR agrees to remove missiles from Cuba
US agrees to remove missiles from Turkey

7. Legacy World was on the brink of nuclear war
Whole world sighs in relief – no one wanted this to happen
Both sides wanted to compromise
Closest point in history that a nuclear war could have actually happened.

8. JFK Speech