The Final Example of Tension

The final example of tension in the cold war was the Cuban Missle Crisis. The Russians had missles become operational in Cuba, a neighbor country to America. The Americans had missles in Turkey, a neighboring country to the Soviet Union. Both nations were refusing to take out their missles until finally we made a deal with them. If they removed the nukes then we would promise them that we would not invade Cuba. This elevated the stakes even more than they were before.