It appears that America's leaders have forgotten the value of alliances. In the past few months alone, the United States has threatened neighbors across Latin America , carried out airstrikes on vessels in nearby international waters, bullied European leaders and abandoned NATO allies, and intentionally destroyed the aid programs that earned it goodwill in Africa. Ironically, it was those same regions that helped the United States peacefully resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis back in October 1962. The anniversary of the crisis offers an opportunity to remember how U.S. allies in Latin America, Europe, and Africa helped save the world from nuclear Armageddon.

On Oct. 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy learned that the Soviet Union had secretly stationed nuclear-armed missiles in C

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