A U-2 spy plane flying over Cuba discovered nuclear missile sites under construction after which the fire of hatred burned between USA and USSR. These missiles are capable of quickly reaching the United States. After which, President Kennedy have appointed a group ‘The Executive Committee of the National Security Council’ (ExComm), to advise him about the crisis. The group is divided into two sub-groups. First, those who wants a …show more content…
And one path we shall never choose is the path of surrender or submission”. President Kennedy is completely in command of the US foreign policy process during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and that there are several factors influencing Kennedy’s decisions during this process.
The Cuban Missile crisis comes to a close as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United States to respect Cuba’s territorial rule.
The Cuban missile crisis, a nuclear arms crisis took place in 1962 because of the Soviet Union (USSR). Even they are considered as an important part of the Crisis. Cuba was controlled by the American business. The dictator Batista, who has been the ruler since 1934 because of his cruel reign, his rule ended in 1959 and Fidel Castro is now the ruler. In January 1960, he made alliances with the Soviet Union. They promised to buy Cuba’s sugar. The American didn’t like the arrangement and in October 1960, they stopped their trade with …show more content…
We can’t clap from one hand, likewise you can’t spread a crisis without involvement of other nation. It is proved that USA set up its missiles in Turkey, however USSR secretly went ahead with installing bases in Cuba despite knowing that discovery of this would result in a crisis. USSR is a communist country. To invade America means spreading of communism to the country. The USSR had already been seen as a threat to the USA for spreading communism and to cooperate with Cuba, confirmed the USA that the USSR was trying to spread communism to them. To protect America from any ideological influence, America had to take actions.
The question of “Who was to blame for Cuban Missile Crisis?” is a debatable question for which people have different perspective. The two major nation, USA and USSR both contributes to the rise of the crisis. To conclude, the Crisis started because each of the leaders wants to defend themselves from the invasion from one another and their