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    In 1962 the world was extremely close to a nuclear war, but thanks to one man the horror never happened. The crisis was known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Soviet Union sent four nuclear submarines armed with torpedoes into the seas around Cuba. The future of the world was in doubt. Naturally, the US did not like the dangerous Soviets so close to the US, so President Kennedy decided to set up a blockade around Cuba. He did this by deploying the US Navy, the world’s largest navy. He sent…

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    The Cuban missile crisis or also better known as the missile scare was one the treacherous occurrences in human history. This nerve-racking event took place in October of 1962 and was a dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. U.S discovered missile plants when a spy plane spotted the site. This caused a for an intense 13 day feud, the Soviet Union and the United States were both anxiously waiting to see which of the two would make the first…

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis To what extent was the Cuban Missile caused by the United States, The USSR and Cuba. Evaluate the role of Fidel Castro in this conflict. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, a vastly intensified 13 day nuclear conflict arising in the midst of the Cold War, shaping the history and leadership roles of the Americans, Soviets, and Cubans for several decades to come. This conflict gave rise to a renewed stance on international negotiations and diplomacy with these nations and…

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    tensions are at an all-time high as the Soviet Union assembles nuclear warheads on Cuban soil, just miles off the coast of Florida. Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union and John F Kennedy, President of the United States engaged in dozens of heated debates and conversations involving Fidel Castro, the Prime Minister of Cuba. These debates and negotiations laid the foundations for the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, the closest the world ever came to a full-scale…

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    The Importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis Throughout history, there have been many important events, but few of these events possessed the potential to end the world as we know it. Imagine living in a radioactive wasteland like that of Chernobyl. That very well might have been the fate of the United States of America if the Cuban Missile Crisis resulted in a different outcome. John F. Kennedy, President of the United States at the time, faced the difficult task of handling America’s Cold War…

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    The Cuban missile crisis; the closest Americas ever been to nuclear war. The Cuban missile crisis was a part of the cold war, which was a standoff between the two superpowers of the world at the time: the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The U.S. wanted to contain communism while the Soviet Union wanted to spread it, causing conflict. The cold war lasted from “Roughly from the end of World War II in 1945 to 1991” (Cubanmisslecrisis.org). The Cuban missile crisis began when Fidel Castro…

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    Compromise of the Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis marks one of the most important events not only in our country but also the United States. It is important that we define, rather explain, what the Cuban Missile Crisis was. The Cuban missile crisis was a so called “pivotal” moment in the cold war. The two great superpowers at the time (The United States and the Soviet Union) were at the brink of war. The cold war seemed to be tilting toward a nuclear war. The crisis was nothing…

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    Television presenter: As many of you may be aware, today marks the anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. To celebrate this we have brought a well renowned historian to conduct a t.v news special for tonight. Would you please join me in welcoming Kyle Smyth, who will speak at length today with us about the long term significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Expert historian: The conflict began in October 1962 and lasted for 13 days between the two superpowers of the era; The Soviet Union and…

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    The Cuban missile occurrence has to do with it relationship btw the parties, the United States and it neighbouring state Cuban and its link with Soviet Union in 15th to 28th October 1962 which lasted for 13 days. Diplomacy is the management of relationship of state through the process of negotiation to resolve any situation at a given time. This essay will discuss how diplomacy was related to the issue that led to the crisis and how it was used to figure out the solution. On the second section…

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    The Mishandling of the Cuban Missile Crisis Some of the most nerve-racking moments in United States history happened during the Cold War. Every day, people worried that the Soviet Union was about to launch a full-scale nuclear attack on them. These types of worries peaked in the early 1960s because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Castro’s growing relationship with Khrushchev started to really instill fear into not only the American public, but to the entire world as a whole. Not only was the…

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