<Tab/>John F. Kennedy's greatest triumph as President of the United States came in 1962, as the world's two largest superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, edged closer and closer to nuclear war. The Soviet premier of Russia was caught arming Fidel Castro with nuclear weapons. The confrontation left the world in fear for thirteen long days, with the life of the world on the line. Castro's rebellion in the …showed first 75 words of 1668 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1668 total…thirteen days later. The missiles were removed and the sites demolished. Khrushchev soon announced that he would concentrate on Russia's economic problems instead of international military matters. The crisis was the closest the world had ever come to global nuclear war and could possibly be the reason for Khrushchev's fall in 1964. Those thirteen days left the world in awe of the determination and responsibility of the United States and its young president, John F. Kennedy.