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years leading up to and during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The evaluation of the two countries will dwell into war time reporting, retrospective analysis, opinion polls, and the opinions of relatives of the leaders, among other aspects of the crisis. Newspaper articles will be used to assess the differing reactions of the press, while books and interviews will provide invaluable retrospective analysis. Two sources, “Soviet Perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis from Nikita Khrushchev’s…

On January 20, 1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office to become the 35th president of the United States. At the time Kennedy’s inaugural speech was given, America had been faced with a major threat from the Soviet Union, as the Cold War between these two world superpowers had heightened. JFK’s goal was to preserve peace but in the event of a global crisis, he wanted to ensure that the country was unified into a strong force not to be reckoned with. Many opposed JFK and felt for…

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S and the Soviet Union started in an intense 13-day political and military fight in October in 1962 over the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. October 22, 1962, President John. F Kennedy notified citizens about the missiles, then explained his decision to make a naval blockade around Cuba and made it clear that the United States was prepared…

The legacy of Bay of Pigs The battle of bay of pigs started on April 17, 1961 (History.com). The bay of pigs of 1961 was a huge fail it made America look bad (History.com). The attack on cuba was suppose to stop communist on that island (U.S. History). Fidel Castro the leader for cuba was a very strong man and smart. At this time the president was John F Kennedy he sent the attack on the cubans that turned out to be a big failure (Awesome stories). It was one of the worse mistakes that United…

approximately $1.126 trillion over the next fifty years, according to Cuban government estimates” ("Timeline: U.S.-Cuba Relations"). Also during Kennedy’s presidency was the Cuban Missile Crisis, which took place from October 14, 1962 to October 28, 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis refers to when the U.S. satellites discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba and in response ordered a naval blockade on Cuba that lasted thirteen days. The last major act of the sixties involving Cuba came in 1966 when…

communism due to the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War in the 1950s, and also Berlin Crisis in 1961, increased the tension between the anti-communist America and the communist Soviet Union. Unlike some other conflicts during the Cold War, the Cuban missile Crisis in 1962 was not only the direct, intense conflict between America and the Soviet Union, but was also one of the closest moments to a start of a worldwide nuclear war, and it…

Herman Kahn a preeminent futurist once remarked “Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.” Through this quote Kahn portrays an underlying theme of fear of destruction caused by The Cold War. The Cold War was a multi-decade long conflict between the U.S and USSR. To show their superiority both sides showed power through a nuclear arms race. Humanity evoked a tense attitude because of the probability of a nuclear war was…

Manipulation of Information The presence of missiles in Cuba did not change Soviet nuclear capabilities since they already had the capacity to attack the United States. According to a CIA National Intelligence Estimate, the Soviet Union was going to utilize the nuclear weapons in Cuba to demonstrate that the balance of power had shifted globally. (United States Central Intelligence Agency). Therefore, the presence of nuclear missiles in Cuba presented a political conflict for President Kennedy…

The Cosa Nostra formulated the Sicilian Mafia Commission or “La Cupula” to resolve intermafia issues. In 1962, La Cupula was formed between all of the Cosa Nostra bosses. La Cupula was instrumental in ending the first Mafia War. Keeping the peace between the Mafia bosses was a tough task, but it was necessary in order to complete political actions. As long as the mafiosos could cooperate and not give up other mafiosos positions, the entire operation would benefit. This was all that was…

Pan Am Flight 299, August 3rd 1970 (Suarez). A man approaches a flight attendant and states that he wants to go to Cuba, he then pulls out a gun and bottle that he says is filled with explosives, and threatens to set them off if he does not go to the cockpit. The Premier of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was waiting when the plane landed at Havana’s airport. The only people to exit the aircraft were Captain Augustus Watkins and the Hijacker. Castro tours the exterior of the plane for around 40 minutes,…