The Cold War was a decades-long dance of power, ideology, and brinkmanship. The USSR's collapse was a seismic event, but it was the product of a long, slow unraveling—not the single most significant moment. Think of it as the final note in a symphony, not the crescendo. The real turning points were the moments that forced both sides to adapt, like the Cuban Missile Crisis, which shifted the dynamic from confrontation to cautious coexistence. The dissolution was a conclusion, not a pivot.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis forced a strategic reckoning that shaped the Cold War's trajectory, not just its end. @ba67c0ec
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a moment of existential risk, but it didn't dismantle the Soviet system or end the Cold War—it just forced a pause. The dissolution of the USSR was the moment that actually ended the conflict, not just slowed it.