Sino-US relations have been relatively tense in the past two years, so many people are very worried, will there be a hot war between China and the United States? Although many sources have pointed out that there is a bottom line between China and the United States, that is, there will be no war, but the possibility of a war between China and the United States cannot be ruled out, which is a bit frustrating, after all, you and I both know that war will only bring us darkness and pain.
The good news is that the view of "no war with China" is not only a personal point of view within the US military, some people in the US side have even warned that the goal of the United States is never to go to war with China, because nuclear war is a bad thing and a disaster for everyone. We must admit that this statement is not false at all, because once a war breaks out between China and the United States as nuclear powers, it will inevitably be an unprecedented nuclear war and will become a disaster affecting the whole world.
Therefore, we can even say that the peace between China and the United States, and even the peace in today's world, is actually a "nuclear peace" brought about by great power competition, which requires the major powers to exercise restraint. But you know what? During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, mankind was infinitely close to nuclear war, it is the "Cuban Missile Crisis", even now, it still makes people feel uneasy, so we may as well take some time to review the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is exactly what we often say, "Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall!" ”
Speaking of this Cuban missile crisis, we must first explain one point: Why did the Soviet Union, which is located on the Eurasian continent, deploy missiles in Cuba, a neighbor of the United States. It starts with the relationship between the United States and Cuba!
Let's put it this way, the United States has always regarded Cuba as its "backyard" and has controlled and suppressed it for a long time, but under Castro's leadership, Cuba successfully overthrew the pro-American dictatorship, which made the United States become very hostile to Cuba and launched an economic blockade against Cuba. The consequences of this operation by the United States can also be expected, that is, to force Cuba to join the socialist camp and began to seek and accept Soviet assistance, covering both economic and military, which laid the groundwork for the subsequent crisis.
I believe everyone knows that it was the era of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the arms race was quite crazy.
Then we should also know that before Cuba joined the Soviet bloc, that is, in 1959, the United States deployed medium-range ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, only about 2,000 kilometers from Moscow, which put the Soviet Union under the nuclear deterrence of the United States, in a very passive situation, the Soviet Union was naturally very unhappy, and was trying to find an opportunity to regain the disadvantage. It is precisely because of this that the rupture of Relations between Cuba and the United States was a godsend for the Soviet Union.
And the interesting point is that because the United States does not look at Castro well, it has not made small moves, especially the "Bay of Pigs Invasion" that occurred in 1961, although it was a failed invasion, but it really made Cuba feel Alexander, after all, if the United States continues to make it bad, the Castro government may indeed be overthrown, and Cuba can only seek a solution from the Soviet Union.
In 1962, the Soviet Union reached an agreement with Castro to deploy nuclear weapons and missiles in Cuba to help Castro fight against the U.S. invasion. The program began in July 1962 and was fairly well executed until October 14, 1962, when it was detected by the Americans and recognized as a Soviet nuclear warhead, and the Cuban Missile Crisis officially broke out. It is worth mentioning here that the then US President John F. Kennedy decided at that time on the policy of first diplomatic settlement and then military action.
However, the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, still engaged in a military confrontation in Cuba, and once the war began, it was the third world war, and worse, the double-engine nuclear weapons were put out, and the situation was extremely serious. The good news is that while hawks in both countries are inclined to go to war, the leaders of both countries, namely Khrushchev and Kennedy, did remain calm and eventually avoided a nuclear war, with the end result being that the Soviet Union withdrew Its Cuban missiles and the United States withdrew its European missiles.
Judging from the results, this is a victory for the people of the whole world, because everyone has been spared the threat of world war and nuclear war, and such a peace is obviously not easy to come by. But many people in this incident can not be regarded as victors, such as Khrushchev, have been criticized as "cowards", such as Cuba and Castro, in that Cuban missile crisis, there was no sense of participation at all, the decision was made by the United States and the Soviet Union, it is no wonder that Castro was quite angry later, and some Soviets and Americans also felt frustrated and defeated, so it can be seen that the war, even if it did not actually happen, was also extremely influential.
But we must admit that the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the closest humanity to a nuclear war, and we must thank the United States and the Soviet Union for pressing the stop button, otherwise what would the world be like? This is something we can't predict! Looking back at Sino-US relations now, it seems that history is ushering in a new cycle, and mankind may be shrouded in the shadow of nuclear war, hoping that this time the US military, as well as the US president, can still make correct decisions and not let all mankind fall into danger.