How close to nuclear war did the Cuban Missile Crisis get?

<p>The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 saw a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union escalate to the edge of nuclear war. Historian Serhii Plokhy, author of a new account of the crisis, explores the factors that led the two sides back from the brink.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(Ad) Serhii Plokhy is the author of&nbsp;<em>Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis</em>&nbsp;(Allen lane). Buy it now from Amazon:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0241454735/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0241454735/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>