Cuban American

The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962, was a pivotal moment in modern history, at the height of the Cold War and under the imminent threat of nuclear war, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was faced with an immense leadership challenge. It was crucial that his decisions were measured and appropriate to the situational context. This report will analyse the effectiveness of his leadership based on two scenes taken from the movie Thirteen Days that were considered pivotal and representative…

armies and weapons, but more along the lines of conflict of ideas, ultimatums , and rivalry. The “Space Race” and the nuclear arms race were in a booming race. A lot of people were worried the Soviets might win, but with Kennedy in charge, many Americans had faith and aspiration that the 1960s would hopefully be different. They thought that Kennedy could make things happen. However, in November 1963, JFK was killed by a gunman.…

operations mission carried out by the CIA, ordered by president Eisenhower. Their goal was to evict President Jacobo Arbenz from Guatemalan power. Because america feared that Arbenz was sympathetic of soviet Communism. And there was no way the mighty Americans of the first world we’re going to let the socialist soviets of the second world take over guatemala and hinder america’s stake and business in Guatemala. As well as the physical and financial benefits the gave to guatemala. It was smart…

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen day military and political standoff between the two superpowers of the 20th century. Starting on the 16th of October 1962, the United States of America (US) discovered nuclear missile launch sites belonging to the Soviet Union in Cuba. For thirteen days the US attempted to remove these missiles, while the world was as close as it ever has been to global nuclear war and fallout. The Cuban Missile Crisis was caused by several different factors, and ended…

rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses of "Strangelove", see Strangelove (disambiguation). Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove poster.jpg Theatrical release poster by Tomi Ungerer Directed by Stanley Kubrick Produced by Stanley Kubrick Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick Terry Southern Peter George Based on Red Alert by Peter George Starring Peter Sellers George C. Scott Sterling Hayden Keenan Wynn Slim Pickens Tracy Reed Music by Laurie Johnson Cinematography Gilbert Taylor Edited by…

 US & Cuba: A Light at the end of the tunnel 1. Since the relationship between America and Cuba has been hostile since 1961, what will both countries have to do to ensure peaceful, easy negotiations? • Since the relationship between America and Cuba has been hostile since 1961, I think both countries should first build trust between both nations and come to the common grounds as it is for the welfare of both countries. They should forgive and forget about all the negative occurrences and move…

After a Press conference on September 30th, 2016 with Ava DuVernay, director of the film the 13th, a reporter Esther Zuckerman, a known expressive liberal, stated (talking about Ava DuVernay), "She’s evidently anti-Trump." The 13th is produced by Howard Barish and Spencer Averick. Howard Barish is also the founder and president of Kandoo films, a movie production company. In 2016, Kandoo Film Production Company had a big hit, the movie O.J.: Made in America. On June 11th, 2016, an article came…

would only serve to benefit the government rather than the impoverished Cuban citizens. The government practically owns the Cuban economy and foreign trade is carried through the Cuban agencies that support the regime. For example, all foreign companies are obligated to pay in hard currency (such as dollars and euros) to the Cuban government. However, from these wages, the state pays in the local currency which are in Cuban pesos. Only a small percentage goes to all the employees working…

I will like to explain what lesson that I learn from the movie ‘Thirteen Days’. It’s the story of the 1963 Cuban Missile Crisis based on the book by May and Zelikow titled The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis. "Thirteen Days" shows President Kennedy's wise leadership in meeting this challenge as he resisted the demands for air strikes and for invasion. If he had not, we would all be living in a post-nuclear war world, except there would be hundreds of…

leaders are just a phone call or email away, where telegrams seemed to be the main communication device during President Kennedy’s time. Telegrams could take days to receive and respond to, so clearly 2017 has the advantage in communication. During the Cuban Missile Crisis President John Kennedy and Former Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev would go back and forth for days, via telegram, which today is not even an option. All President Blank has to do is pick up the phone, and it is that easy. The…