This historical study will define the mutually antagonistic foreign policies of the United States government and the Soviet Union that caused the Cuban Missile Crisis in October, 1962. The issue of nuclear missile weaponry was major factor that created political and strategic conflict between the Soviet Union and the American government. Initially, Khrushchev had illegally demanded that the United States give the Soviet Union West Berlin as part of a deal on the partitioning of Germany through the Warsaw Pact. The United States refused to turn over West Berlin to the Soviet’s, which caused Khrushchev to form a new strategy involving the movement of nuclear missiles to Cuba to create a bargaining chip to force the Americans to give over West
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The division of Germany initially involved a four-part partitioning of western Germany into three parts for the U.S., the UK, and France, and one part for the Soviet Union on the eastern side of the country. During this time, Germany’s capital, Berlin, was also divided in eastern and western partitions, yet it as the Soviets, under Premier Khrushchev, that violated the agreement to keep the city divided along these lines. In 1958, Khrushchev demanded that West Berlin be turned over the Soviet Union, since the mandate for demilitarization had become a stable part of the communist/democratic divide. This antagonistic ultimatum fueled the competition for European dominance in the context of two nuclear powers seeking to gain advantages through land boundaries during this historical …show more content…
This is one reason why the movement of nuclear missiles provided a reactionary environment in which missiles in Cuba would become part of a counteroffensive to the placement of nuclear missiles in Turkey by the United States. Surely, the Bay of Pigs defines the lack of diplomatic efforts made by the United States, which certainly defined a quid pro quo system of supervision tactic that enflamed the tensions surrounding the Cuban Missile crisis that occurred in 1962. Both sides appeared to be using measured military and political tactics to respond to nuclear threats, which define the Soviet response to American ballistic missiles being placed near its borders in Turkey; just as the Soviets now wanted to place a missile arsenal right of the coast of the United states. Therefore, Cuba was an important geographical asset that allowed Khrushchev to make stronger alliances with Castro after the failed Bay of Pigs incident under Kennedy’s leadership: “From the Cuban perspective, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion helped consolidate the revolution and more or less permanently vilify the United States.” This was an important aspect of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which allowed Khrushchev to reinforce Castro’s communist government in opposition to the United States. This event was, of course, a global
The division of Germany initially involved a four-part partitioning of western Germany into three parts for the U.S., the UK, and France, and one part for the Soviet Union on the eastern side of the country. During this time, Germany’s capital, Berlin, was also divided in eastern and western partitions, yet it as the Soviets, under Premier Khrushchev, that violated the agreement to keep the city divided along these lines. In 1958, Khrushchev demanded that West Berlin be turned over the Soviet Union, since the mandate for demilitarization had become a stable part of the communist/democratic divide. This antagonistic ultimatum fueled the competition for European dominance in the context of two nuclear powers seeking to gain advantages through land boundaries during this historical …show more content…
This is one reason why the movement of nuclear missiles provided a reactionary environment in which missiles in Cuba would become part of a counteroffensive to the placement of nuclear missiles in Turkey by the United States. Surely, the Bay of Pigs defines the lack of diplomatic efforts made by the United States, which certainly defined a quid pro quo system of supervision tactic that enflamed the tensions surrounding the Cuban Missile crisis that occurred in 1962. Both sides appeared to be using measured military and political tactics to respond to nuclear threats, which define the Soviet response to American ballistic missiles being placed near its borders in Turkey; just as the Soviets now wanted to place a missile arsenal right of the coast of the United states. Therefore, Cuba was an important geographical asset that allowed Khrushchev to make stronger alliances with Castro after the failed Bay of Pigs incident under Kennedy’s leadership: “From the Cuban perspective, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion helped consolidate the revolution and more or less permanently vilify the United States.” This was an important aspect of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which allowed Khrushchev to reinforce Castro’s communist government in opposition to the United States. This event was, of course, a global