The Cold War and Mutually Assured Distruction

The concept of mutually assured destruction was what kept nuclear war from breaking out during the cold war. In 19 62, for mad to deter a nuclear war, kustev needed to have enough missiles that could accurately reach the us. And so he wanted to put some in cuba. Ya he also saw a number of other benefits to doing so. One was that he really did want to get control of west berlin. So he reasoned that if he put missiles in cuba and kennedy did nothing, that would confirm kennedy's weakness,. And another bonus, having nuclear missiles in cubA could deter the us. From trying to invade cuba. But since both sides were