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How did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen? Why did the Soviets want missiles in Cuba? How did EXCOMM avoid nuclear war?

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How did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen? Why did the Soviets want missiles in Cuba? How did EXCOMM avoid nuclear war?

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Helpful link: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/index.htm

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