Nothing caught global attention and heightened tensions as did the Cuban Missile Crisis ... Fidel Castro and the seasoned communist Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The outcome was uncertain.

The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, which was a major source of Cold War tension in Europe. America and the Soviet Union were competing in the ...

Cuba and the Soviet Union were locked in a standoff with the U.S. at the height of the Cold War. Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded.