1. Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States demonstrated that by a show of military power they could force another country to back down, thereby avoiding nuclear war. ... The fifth option entailed a series of air strikes, where the United States would take out known missile bases in Cuba, thereby taking away the nuclear capability. ... This would still allow for the United States to have some leeway in the situation, because it did not impose strict military force immediately, but it likewise did not back down (Thompson 240). ...
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