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Able Archer was a simulated operation organized and conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which spanned a ten day period, from November 2nd to November 11th 1983. It simulated a time of conflict escalation, leading up to a coordinated nuclear attack, and involved an influx of communication, and the participation of several heads of government. The steady weakening of US-Soviet relations prior to Able Archer, as well as the realistic nature of the exercise, led several…

The Cold War was supposed to be intended to contrast American Independence for the Nazi oppression. In 1947, President Truman devoted the United States to the restrictions of the Soviet influence. Both sides would spy on each other in order to gain information regarding military weapons among other things about one another. Although the superpowers never fought directly with one another they did have several encounters with nuclear threats. The United States was able to rise up with great power…

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…

A great president was elected in 1960. He had just beat Mr. nixon, the republican, by .17% of the votes. 43 years of age, a democrat, Harvard graduate, and a father, had just been elected as the 35th president. The 1950s, bitter between the United States and the Soviet Union, called the Cold War. The Cold War was not actually military conflict fought with armies and weapons, but more along the lines of conflict of ideas, ultimatums , and rivalry. The “Space Race” and the nuclear arms race were…

The 1954 Guatemalan Coup d’etat was a covert 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…

For decades, John F. Kennedy was celebrated as the president of the United States who saved the entire world from destruction, while thermonuclear war was imminent during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This anti-communist, anti-Soviet president led the United States through a period of superiority against the Soviet Union after the president influenced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to remove Soviet nuclear missiles situated on the island of Cuba located merely 90 miles off the coast of Florida. For…

Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution Embargo Soviet Union Eisenhower Cuban Exiles JFK Bay of Pigs Air support Khrushchev Blockade Turkey Cuban Missile Crisis Agreements In 1959, Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba, Cuban Revolution. As a result of Castro taking over many of the American companies, America instituted an embargo against Cuba. However, Fidel castro began to accept help from the Soviet Union, both economic and military aid. Later on, in 1960, President Eisenhower agreed to let the CIA…

Question 1 · The Cold War is categorized as the rise of ideologies and the constant changes in power; a prime example is seen post the Cuban Revolution of 1945. Cuba’s Revolution created significant political and “economical struggles due to the dependence of American resources, for instance, sugar” (Robert 657). Prior to the Cuban Revolution, the United States and Cuba coincided with one another mainly because Cuba wanted to introduce the idea of democracy to Latin America; soon…

message about his order of priorities: The involvement of the anti-Castroists in Cuba would take a back seat to the interests of the hardline exile community in Miami. On the other hand, it allowed the most virulent congressional antagonists of the Cuban regime to Begin…

invading the Bay of Pigs. Khrushchev had formed an alliance with the Cuban president Fidel Castro. Khrushchev and Castro threatened the US. The US was on the brink of nuclear war for thirteen days. The US was not very safe at this time but JFK got the job done. Some Americans were second guessing JFK’s decision but one the crisis was dealt with they got in his side because they saved all their lives. He had to be decisive When the Cuban…