In October 1962, when the world was extremely close to the start of a Third World War, any hope of achieving peace was almost destroyed by Kennedy, Khrushchev and, to a lesser extent measure. , Castro. After the end of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba in early 1961, the Soviets had the perfect opportunity to develop an alliance with Cuba (Falk 145). Subsequently, in 1961, the Soviets decided to place missiles in Cuba threatening the Americans, which became the basis of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The fact is that the Soviet Union and the United States possessed enough military power to completely destroy the world and the only way to prevent this was for Kennedy and Khrushchev to come to a mutual agreement. Unfortunately, both sides could not afford to displease their people or appear weak, so reaching an agreement for some time seemed very unlikely. Yet, surprisingly enough, over the years, historians and the general public have mostly learned the American version of how the situation unfolded and concluded that Kennedy was the best example of how to handle a crisis until recently, when new evidence suggested the story was more complex. . The world was brought to the brink of total destruction during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when President Kennedy and Khrushchev nearly failed to resolve their differences over missiles in Cuba and Turkey. Both John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were powerful political figures, yet their fear of appearing weak in the eyes of the world kept them from compromising for a time. The Kennedy administration had repeatedly attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro and his government to regain control of Cuba. According to Len Scot...... middle of article ......h. Hesitancy, desire for domination and misleading information are not just some of the reasons for the outcome of this crisis , but also some of the many factors that played a key role in shaping the history that we study very closely today. The only thing both countries could have been equally sure of was the doctrine of mutually assured destruction between the United States and the Soviet Union. The fear of people's judgment complexes is even greater. Nonetheless, Kennedy was seen as a famous example to follow. For all we know, if the documents and information that were previously used to learn about the history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, researchers and historians might not have been able to see how other people involved saw it and even today we would only learn the American version of the story.