The Cuban Missile Crisis
A) was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis.
B) was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power.
C) was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America.
D) brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but, eventually, produced a lessening of Cold War tension between the superpowers.
E) caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones."

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The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but eventually, through high-level diplomatic efforts, the crisis was resolved peacefully, and tension between the two superpowers was lessened as a result. It was not a Mexican-Cuban crisis, an attempt by the United States to remove Castro from power, or a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America. Although there were several military confrontations between the superpowers during the crisis, they occurred mainly in and around Cuba, not in other world "hot zones."