The Soviet Union and the United States nearly went to war with each other in 1962 when the United States discovered Soviet missiles on the island of
Cuba. This event, called the Cuban Missile Crisis, was resolved peacefully
after several days of negotiations between U. S. and Soviet leaders.
Which approach would a cultural historian take to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Not sure if it’s within 12 months, but you could talk about the spreading of alt-right hate speech and whether that is covered by the right of freedom of speech? or, cover how during the midterm elections in some states many native american populations were declined to vote because they didn’t have the proper id, despite being citizens? also, the death of that journalist last month, who spoke freely and reported about the saudi government and how corrupted it is and was killed because of that (lack of free press/speech). just some ideas for this prompt, i hope at least one of them : )

It improved the ability of the united states to provide military support to the allies.