The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a dangerous confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. This is when the US and Soviet Union came the closest to nuclear warfare. The situation was different in a number of ways, featuring confirmations and non supported directions as well as direct communications and miscommunications between both the US and Soviet Union (Office). The overwhelming conflict was also being judged by the fact that it was basically played out at the White House and the Kremlin level with very little say from the respective organizations typically involved in the foreign policy stages (Office).
After a failed attempt by the US to overrule the Castro government in Cuba shortly following the …show more content…
Some people (Joint Chiefs of Staff) demanded an airstrike to destroy the weapons (Office)(Gale). Followed by a U.S. invasion of Cuba; others favored harsh communications to Cuba and the Soviet Union. President Kennedy decided on a middle course action. On October 22, he ordered a naval “quarantine” of Cuba (Gale). The use of “quarantine” legally applied this action from the blockade, which assumed a position of war existed; the use of “quarantine” in place of “blockade” also allowed the United States to receive the backup of the Organization of American States (Office). The same day, Kennedy sent a letter to Khrushchev declaring that the United States would not allow offensive weapons to be sent to Cuba, and requested that the Soviets eliminate the weapon bases already under construction or in process, and return all offensive weapons to the U.S.S.R. The letter was the first in a series of communications between the White House and the Kremlin during the duration of the crisis …show more content…
It also may have helped mitigate negative world thoughts regarding the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Two other different results of the disaster came in a variety of forms (Bay). First, despite the flurry of direct and indirect communications between the White House and the Kremlin, Kennedy and Khrushchev, and their supporters, struggled throughout the disaster to fully understand each other's’ true initiatives, while the world hung on the brink of possible nuclear warfare. In an attempt to prevent this from happening again, a direct telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin was created; it became known as the “Hotline.” (Bay). Second, having approached the brink of nuclear conflict, both countries began to rethink the nuclear arms race and took the first steps in agreeing to a nuclear Test Ban Treaty
After a failed attempt by the US to overrule the Castro government in Cuba shortly following the …show more content…
Some people (Joint Chiefs of Staff) demanded an airstrike to destroy the weapons (Office)(Gale). Followed by a U.S. invasion of Cuba; others favored harsh communications to Cuba and the Soviet Union. President Kennedy decided on a middle course action. On October 22, he ordered a naval “quarantine” of Cuba (Gale). The use of “quarantine” legally applied this action from the blockade, which assumed a position of war existed; the use of “quarantine” in place of “blockade” also allowed the United States to receive the backup of the Organization of American States (Office). The same day, Kennedy sent a letter to Khrushchev declaring that the United States would not allow offensive weapons to be sent to Cuba, and requested that the Soviets eliminate the weapon bases already under construction or in process, and return all offensive weapons to the U.S.S.R. The letter was the first in a series of communications between the White House and the Kremlin during the duration of the crisis …show more content…
It also may have helped mitigate negative world thoughts regarding the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Two other different results of the disaster came in a variety of forms (Bay). First, despite the flurry of direct and indirect communications between the White House and the Kremlin, Kennedy and Khrushchev, and their supporters, struggled throughout the disaster to fully understand each other's’ true initiatives, while the world hung on the brink of possible nuclear warfare. In an attempt to prevent this from happening again, a direct telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin was created; it became known as the “Hotline.” (Bay). Second, having approached the brink of nuclear conflict, both countries began to rethink the nuclear arms race and took the first steps in agreeing to a nuclear Test Ban Treaty