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The Edge of Armageddon (Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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The Consequences of the Crisis for Premier Krusa

Krusa created the worst crisisn world history by by putting his missiles in cuba. This was a huge loss of face for the soviet union. The shoe banging incident made hushe look like an unstable man. And then when president kennedy insisted that he remove the missiles from cuba, kruche did so - making him look weak and timid. That combination of dangerously aggressive and weak is not a good look for a leader of a world super power.

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