Because of John F. Kennedy’s contributions to society, we avoided nuclear war with the Soviet Union, by building a military blockade to prevent any future missiles from entering Cuba and because of Kennedy’s several negotiations with Nikita Khrushchev. This major crisis in October of 1962 was a major problem in the during the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. It was a thirteen day-long dispute over Soviet missiles positioned in Cuba, only about 90 miles away from Florida. Responding to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961, Khrushchev complied to Cuba’s request of positioning nuclear missiles in Cuba to prevent future harassment of Cuba. A consensus was reached between Fidel Castro (prime minister of Cuba) and Khrushchev in
