Bay of Pigs Invasion

Throughout history there have been several events that I have been extremely pivotal moments in the development of the human race. This list includes momentous occasion such as domestication of animals, the invention of agriculture, the invention of writing and written laws comma the invention of the firearm, however no one event contributed to a greater ecological, economic, political, and social upheaval as the bridging of the old world and the new. In discovering the Americas, Christopher…

lead to a presidential failure. President George W. Bush’s unabated desire for a regime change in Iraq, before and after the attacks on September 11, 2001, created a scenario in which Bush cherry-picked intelligence reports to justify a U.S.-led invasion with minimal input from Congress or adherence to framework legislation (Pious 2008, 224). Not only are the American people “averse to the unchecked exercise of executive power”, but the international community, which was already unified and…

The Cold War had a very influencing impact on several different events that occurred in our society as a whole. Many antagonist beliefs occurred during this war because the Soviet Union practiced communism and authoritarianism while the Americans believed in capitalism and democracy. These two ruling supremacies worked together but also had a continuous conflict after the conclusion of WWII. The Soviet leader was Josef Stalin. Stalin was seen as another “Hitler” for intention to control all…

The United States following World War II underwent a transformation that would change its role in the world forever. With the Soviet threat of communism looming over an increasing number of nations’ heads, the United States took on the responsibility of containing communism to stop its spread. In doing this America became a “World Police” patrolling the world and protecting nations from the threat of communism. In order to remain aligned with other democratic nations, for the first time ever,…

The Cuban Missile Crisis was an event that would have been felt by not only the United States, Russia, and Cuba; it was an event that would have been felt around the world. Nuclear war would have been inevitable had neither side decided to back down. But due to the humility and cooperation of both John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, a nuclear war, and undoubtedly a third world war, were averted. Without looking at the decisions made by John F. Kennedy and his staff in hindsight, I will…

Earl Browder, an American political activist, once said “What remains constant for me, during the last fifteen years, has been the conviction that the Cold War was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest.” This quote perfectly states how the Cold War was not only a tragedy for the United States and the Soviet Union, but also for the entire world. It also tells how the United States and the Soviet Union…

Cuba’s relationship with the United States has not always been full of tension. A huge supplier of sugar in the late 1800’s and a leisure destination for Americas rich and famous, its ties suddenly changed when Fidel Castro’s overthrew the Battista regime, announced his Communist intentions and turned to the Communist influence of the Soviet Union. With the threat of Soviet power so close to the U.S., President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a partial embargo on Cuba’s export which led to the…

(Gleijeses 42). The United States unequivocally rejected this offer and concluded that either assassinating Castro or sabotaging his government was necessary to further American interests in Cuba (Gleijeses 42). Famously known as the Bay of Pigs invasion, this invasion was a complete failure (Luxenberg 48). Because of America 's rejection of Castro’s offer and the subsequent military operations, his relationship with the Soviet Union increased (Gleijeses 42). Castro’s newly close relationship…

Death in Disguise Many remember November 22nd, 1963, as a traumatic, devastating day: parents lost a son, siblings lost a brother, a wife lost a husband, kids lost a father, nieces and nephews lost an uncle, and the United States lost a president. On this day, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was riding in a motorcade on Dallas’ Dealey Plaza when bullets were shot hitting him in the neck, throat, and head. After being rushed to the hospital, Kennedy was unfortunately announced dead (“November 22, 1963:…

a time of high tensions between the U.S and Russia “Perhaps no single event in the history of the cold war presented as great a challenge to world peace and the continued existence of humankind”(“Cuban Missile Crisis”). Even with the failed Bay of Pigs invasion President Kennedy made the removal of Fidel Castro a primary goal. Castro was backed militarily and politically by the Soviet Union who sent Castro regular shipment of Soviet arms. On October 14, 1962, a U2 spy plane snapped a series of…