Cuban Revolution

Being the President of the United States can be a very challenging job. Imagine being the most powerful man in the world. Today, the United States is considered to own the strongest military in the world . There is no doubt that any nation will think twice before declaring war against the United States. However, there was a time when every nation was fighting to be that number #1 on the list and they would do anything to be the strongest. Only one man could make United States the strongest and…

Whether they were formally declared by the President or not, American has been involved in multiple wars over the course of its history. One war stands out as an outlier and unlike any war, the Cold War. This war was fought between two physical nations at odds but also two opposing ideologies. Very soon after World War II had ended in 1945, the Soviet Union showed no indication of allowing democracy to flourish in neighboring countries, specifically Poland and other Eastern European counties.…

"FBI Released a Document Proving Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun fled to Argentina in a Submarine" is an article, which explores the idea that Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide and escaped to Argentina. Adolf Hitler's alleged escape has been a controversial issue since the end of World War II. The article attempts to highlight these issues and the facts behind this well-known conspiracy theory with official documents from the FBI. The anonymous writer tries to employ many rhetorical strategies…

Diplomacy and Cold War: An Example from the Cuban Missile Crisis The Cold War was the economic, geopolitical and ideological battle between two superpowers: the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that started at the end World War II and lasted until the disunion of the Soviet Union. The era was marked by continuous conflict between two superpower states that ranged from nuclear submarines to most advanced technology at the time. The two nations,…

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis As the title states, the book is a memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis through the lense of the White House. In span of 13 days, the world faced one of the most critical event in history. The stakes were nuclear war, which could have obliterated much of the life on earth from nuclear fallout. In a nutshell, after World War II, the two superpowers in the world were, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Without…

Cuba played a large role in the Cold War between the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Bay of Pigs, occurring in 1961, was prompted after Fidel Castro overtook a American supported president of Havana. The invasion was poorly planned and due to the small numbers, the troops fighting for America were defeated after twenty-four hours. America had initially gotten into this predicament because while they did not believe that Fidel Castro was a real threat, they believed that…

parents were born in 1963. Thereon, a once vibrant and prosperous island would face oppression and diminish among the hands of the Cuban Communist Party. My parents witnessed the ruination of their homeland from their childhood years well into their early thirties. My father was able to escape and reach the freedom he long cherished for in February of 1994. Many Cubans were already trying to reach U.S. shores on rafts and small boats during the summer of 1994—my mother and I, then only a…

case of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was well known that Kennedy himself had established rapport with Khrushchev to the point where his first reaction was “He can’t do this to me!” upon hearing the news of the presence of offensive warheads in Cuba. Had the president been someone else with a different established relationship with Khrushchev, the reaction and situation, most definitively, would be different. Allison also demonstrates that there are many forces at play concerning the Cuban…

Do you believe in miracles? The 1980 Gold Medal in Men’s Hockey was a miracle. When this game was played, the Cold War was going on between the United States and the Soviet Union. People in the United States felt “Nervous, scared and anxious.” (Graves, P.) The 1980’s U.S. Men’s Hockey Team brought the United States together during a difficult time in the Cold War. Before the U.S. Men’s Team won the Gold Medal in Hockey, Americans’ spirits were low due to the Cold War. The Cold War wasn’t…

It was pretty clear from the beginning that President Reagan was willing to utilize all of his power to makes sure the goals of the INF treaty were to be accomplished. Some examples of this was when President Reagan in 1981 proposed a zero option policy. This was especially critical and a large use of his Presidential power because this was the beginning to the creation of the INF treaty. This proposal laid the framework of negotiations on reductions in all types of arms. Reagan proposed the…