How did the Cuban Missile Crisis change United States foreign policy?

The
Cuban Missile Crisis changed American foreign policy in several ways. One way is that American
leaders realized how quickly an event could put the country on the brink of nuclear war. There
had been a lot of posturing in the past, with policies involving massive retaliation and
brinkmanship, which threatened the use of nuclear weapons. The Cuban Missile Crisis showed
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