Cuban Revolution

Introduction The paradigms of post-World War II (WWII) global politics bred one of the most complex conflicts in history. The Soviet Union and the United State fought side-by-side as members of the Allied forces in WWII, but not intended to maintain the connection once the war had concluded. While both nations emerged victorious over the Axis Powers, the war left the Soviet economy crippled and much of the Soviet Union in ruins. Conversely, on the opposite side of the Atlantic, the United…

Cuban Missile Crisis "Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread ... and we weren 't counting days or hours, but minutes. “Soviet General and Army Chief of Operations, Anatoly Gribkov. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous event in human history. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. In October 1962, it was the first time the United States came close to a nuclear war after Americans thought it was almost inevitable…

Rational Actor Model, 2. Organizational Behavior Model, and 3. Governmental Politics Model) for analyzing a government’s actions and then demonstrate as well as compare their utility using the following three critical questions from the infamous Cuban Missile Crisis, why did the Soviet Union place strategic offensive missiles in Cuba, why did the United States respond with a naval quarantine of Soviet shipments to Cuba, and why did the Soviets withdrawal…

The Lie Ridden Assassination of JFK Dallas, November 22, 1963. Witnesses from the day claim it to have been beautiful, and even more so as President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s presence had overtaken the city. Unfortunately, this would be the day that President Kennedy would meet his end. At exactly 12:30p.m, three shots were allegedly to have been fired by Lee Harvey Oswald, fatally injuring the President, severely injuring Governor John Connally, and somehow inducing a minor injury on a third…

On April 18th, 1961, CIA paramilitary groups landed on a beach in the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. Initially, they overwhelmed the local militia, however, within a few days, they surrendered and were put into Cuban prisons. On April 21st, President John F. Kennedy acknowledged the failure of the mission and laid the blame on himself. However, I argue that by evaluating the Bay of Pigs Invasion through the lens of the cognitive approach, we will be better able to understand the failure of the mission and…

on November 22, 1963. The first impact that John F kennedy made was leading the United States Of America through the cuban missile crisis. The first thing he did was warn the people of the United States. He told the military to put a naval blockade around Cuba. He also made it clear to put U.S. military forces if necessary. He successfully led the United States out of the Cuban missile Crisis. The next impact John F Kennedy made was the bay of pigs invasion. He made Fidel Castro leave the…

providing federal support for the growing Civil Rights Movement, and winning the Space Race. During Kennedy’s Presidency, the Cold War between Russia and the United States was at it’s peak. The first dilemma occurred when Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban Empire and established ties with the Soviet Union. At the time, President Eisenhower was in office and he authorized the…

to national security. The Cuban missile base simply could have been catastrophically devastating had the proper precautions been in order. A base so close to American shores could easily prove advantageous, should President Kennedy allow it. Either fortunate or unfortunate, Kennedy acted very…

was ruthless Batista was supported by the US in a time when it was better to be ruthless than communist. In 1959 when Fidel Castro took power in Cuba US President Dwight Eisenhower began to plan for a potential overthrow of the Castro regime using Cubans who had fled to the US. However this plan was not initiated by Eisenhower. On January 20th, 1961 President Kennedy was inaugurated promising to “oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”. In April of 1961 newly…

Well everything political and economic has an impact on other nations, like the Cold War the U.S. was facing the possibility that Russia was putting nuclear weapons on the island nation of Cuba and because of that our economic trade with Cuba was not allowed Americans weren't allowed to buy anything from Cuba or visit Cuba through U.S. airports and this effected Cuba because they got economic value through the U.S. because of tourism, trade, and exports to the U.S.. That affected the U.S.…