Answer to Question #224723 in History for Farahkinz

Question

Comment on the usefulness of the information in this source to a historian studying the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 1

The Soviet Union secretly introduced nuclear weapons into Cuba in 1962. ... The second lesson was a greater understanding of the hazards of nuclear weapons. Following the crisis, the United States, the Soviet Union, and most of the world's countries signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Nonetheless, the Cuban missile crisis remains the best-documented study of presidential decision-making in the face of grave national risk. It provides policymakers and historians with unique insights into the interaction between arguments in the Oval Office and fast-moving events across the world.