The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union came to “nuclear confrontation.” This crisis taught us three main important lessons: 1) the risk of nuclear annihilation, 2) the possibility of rational policy making, and 3) the likelihood of mutual accommodation. This crisis showed the United States that mutual assured destruction could actually be a possibility. To begin with, the U.S.A wasn’t worried about a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union because of the distance. However, the missile crisis started in Cuba; the range from Cuba to the United States caused major concern. This crisis taught us that mutual survival is more important than the specific interests of the countries involved. From the Cuban Missile
