In what ways was the Cuban Missile Crisis a political crisis, a diplomatic crisis, and/or a military crisis?

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - General and Theories of International Politics, grade: 65, Oxford University (Department of International Development), language: English, abstract: The Cuban Missile Crisis is accepted in scholarship as one of - if not the - defining moment of the Cold War. Many studies have been published on the strategic dimensions of and diplomatic conduct dur...