Those Overseas Bases.

The Cuban crisis is likely to be some kind of turning point for either good or ill, in the cold war. Given imagination and wisdom on Americans' part, it could become an opportunity for building the peace. The upshot of the Cuban crisis, as of last weekend, appeared to be a clear-cut the U.S. victory. And it was; Americans were about to achieve what Americans wanted to achieve, i.e., withdrawal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. But it was also a Soviet victory, despite what appears as a serious loss of face for Moscow, Russia. The proclaimed Soviet policy of offering protection to revolutionary regimes, while at the same time insisting that thermonuclear war could be avoided, is an important facet of Soviet foreign policy in both ideological and power terms.