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The Cuban Missile Crisis has been one of the most studied events in recent American history. Now that you've completed you're journey through the Operations Center, continue to learn about the crisis yourself by reading these thought-provoking questions. Why was the U.S. worried by Soviet missiles in Cuba? What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis? Why did Kennedy and Khrushchev communicate through letters and not via other forms of communication, i.e. the telephone? Why was the U-2 that strayed off course over the U.S.S.R. on October 27 such a threat to peace? Were American missiles in Turkey a real threat to the U.S.S.R.? If Kennedy had listened to his advisors would we still be here today? If the U.S. had attempted an invasion, what were the goals? What was a potential outcome of an invasion? Had the missiles not been discovered in Cuba, would Khrushchev have launched them in an offensive strike? What was the role of the United Nations during the Crisis?

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