Abstract
The Cuban crisis has been analyzed by a variety of authors and from a variety of viewpoints. This study is based on the assumption that no crisis can be understood without considering also the forces and policies which preceded and which flowed from it. Consequently, in addition to analyzing the role of strategic power during the Cuban crisis itself, we shall attempt to show in what way the interaction of United States and Soviet strategic policies in the early 196os served to precipitate, the crisis and how the crisis affected in turn the subsequent strategic policies of both sides and ultimately influenced the current strategic balance. During the 1960 presidential campaign, much was made of the missile gap. Kennedy administration officials took office in the genuine belief that the U.S. might soon be placed in an unfavor-
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