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Kennedy grapples with Cuba Berlin crisis and Cold War tensions
President Kennedy faced a dangerous era with nuclear brinkmanship in Cuba and Berlin. He kept US forces in Southeast Asia, opposed Khrushchev, and pursued zero atmospheric tests while seeking a nuclear test ban through talks in Moscow. The era featured invasions, blockades, rescues, and slow deescalation toward peace.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
United States
Russia
Southeast Asia
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Kennedy
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Africa
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
de Gauille
T Home
Khrashchev
Cuba
Free World
United Nations
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
Berlin
Adenauer
White House
Free Nations
Al-Fresiwem Uecaveu
Germany
Soviet Bloc
Dean Rusk
Thisj
Central Asia
Ciba
U. N
U.S
Kenneth 8. Keating
U. S
Turkey
Moscow
Althe
Khru
Defense Department
Thant
Shchev