than a war. a more terrifying crisis the next year when surveillance reveals the soviets are placing nuclear missiles in cuba, 90 miles from florida. they are capable of reaching nearly every major u.s. city. the presence of the large long-range and clearly owe february recei offensive weapons constitutes a threat to the peace and security of the americas. they were saying you have to innovate cuba. bobby kennedy was whispering in his brother s ear, let s see if we can find some kind of compromise. crisis. the word suddenly springs alive. with america on edge at the possibility of nuclear war, robert offers a secret solution. by promising to remove u.s. missiles from turkey if the soviet union does the same in cuba. robert kennedy s role in finding a compromise that solved