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The highest confirmed DEFCON ever declared -- Level 2 -- made this crisis the closest that the U.S. and the Soviet Union ever came to nuclear war.
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Robert F. Kennedy is thought to have been stronger than his brother John F. Kennedy in tailoring a response.
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The crisis developed in part because Khrushchev had disdain for Kennedy and felt he was a pushover. Indeed, it was people behind Kennedy, including military leaders at the time, who were stronger in their response to the crisis.
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→Aftermath: Updating to note that Obama temporarily lifted that blockade. Good thing Trump brought it back.
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