<P> One major event that nearly brought the world to the brink of war was the Cuban Missile Crisis . In the 1950s a revolution in Cuba had brought the only Communist regime in the Western Hemisphere to power . In 1962 , the Soviets began constructing missile sites in Cuba and sending nuclear missiles . Because of its close proximity to the U.S. , the U.S. demanded the Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba . The U.S. and Soviet Union came very close to attacking one another , but in the end came to a secret agreement in which the NATO withdrew missiles in exchange for a Soviet withdrawal of missiles from Cuba . </P>
<P> One major event that nearly brought the world to the brink of war was the Cuban Missile Crisis . In the 1950s a revolution in Cuba had brought the only Communist regime in the Western Hemisphere to power . In 1962 , the Soviets began constructing missile sites in Cuba and sending nuclear missiles . Because of its close proximity to the U.S. , the U.S. demanded the Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba . The U.S. and Soviet Union came very close to attacking one another , but in the end came to a secret agreement in which the NATO withdrew missiles in exchange for a Soviet withdrawal of missiles from Cuba . </P>
the first nation in the western hemisphere to fall to communism
the first nation in the western hemisphere to fall to communism
Cuba
Cuba