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The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in:

  1. June 1964
  2. August 1961
  3. October 1962
  4. November 1963
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Correct answer: C. October 1962

1. Closest moment to nuclear war in the Cold War. 2. Soviet missiles placed in Cuba; US naval quarantine. 3. Resolved with Soviet withdrawal in exchange for US Turkey withdrawal. __Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics Ch 1 — Cold War crises__

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