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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…

years leading up to and during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The evaluation of the two countries will dwell into war time reporting, retrospective analysis, opinion polls, and the opinions of relatives of the leaders, among other aspects of the crisis. Newspaper articles will be used to assess the differing reactions of the press, while books and interviews will provide invaluable retrospective analysis. Two sources, “Soviet Perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis from Nikita Khrushchev’s…

ExCom. The Soviet Union decided to install their nuclear missiles on the shores of Cuba, which is roughly 90 miles off U.S shores. President Kennedy’s first move, after much deliberation, was to issue a blockade against the island. ExCom along with the President had to carefully get the Soviets to remove their missiles from Cuba and avoid a possible nuclear war. Finally, after a little over two weeks the Soviet Union removed their missiles from Cuba in exchange for the U.S word to not invade…

Nuclear missiles are one of the most dangerous weapons made by man today. Want to know how the end of the world would look like. Just imagine living in a radioactive wasteland in a global nuclear war era where there is no sign of life ever existing again, dead trees, burnt grass, the extinction of all humans, and wildlife ceasing to exit. Every edible crop, or source of drinking water would be completely contaminated. This would have been the results of our Earth if Premier Kruschchev, and…

Castro was suspected as in taking his role in crashing US U-2 airplane, as Khrushchev notes "Fidel Castro gave orders to USSR soldiers to put down US U-2 airplane." The role that Castro played in the Cuban Missile Crisis would have been significantly large as it would end the diplomatic negotiations around the Crisis and start a total confrontation of nuclear weapons between the superpowers. However, after further investigation, as it is proven that Soviet…

This led to the Khrushchev installing nuclear missiles in Cuba, his reason being “to balance the missile gap between the USA and the USSR, and to prevent any further America invasion on Cuba.” He believed that the only way to prevent Cuba from further USA invasion was to install missiles in Cuba claiming it would protect the Cuban national pride. However earlier in 1959, President Kennedy had already ordered US intermediate-range ballistic missiles –Jupiter and Thor– to be installed in Turkey,…

Cuban missile crisis was one of the tensest points of the cold war. This 13-day standoff between The United States and the Soviet Union was the closest that the world has ever been to an all-out nuclear war. This portion of the Cold War was an example of intimidation between two nations. What will be explained here is the causes and effects that the Cuban Missile Crisis had on the people of each union, as well as to summarize the events that occurred during this standoff. The Cuban Missile…

On October 28, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States closer than it ever did before to a nuclear war. It was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen-day confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union lasting from October 15 to October 28 over missiles deployed in Cuba by the Soviet Union. This event taught the U.S. to face the horrible possibility that they and their world might cease to exist on the morrow. Back in 1959, Cuba’s…

The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban missile crisis was a thirteen day military and nuclear standoff of the government of America and the Soviet Union and Cuba. The standoff began on the day of October 16, 1962 when a low flying spy plane called a U2 took pictures of soviet missile launch sites in Cuba 90 miles south of Florida. The whole world was worried because of the Soviets the world was on the brink of nuclear war and not just between the US and Soviet Union. This crisis almost caused a…

The Cuban missile crisis is a outcome of the cold war when tensions were high between USSR and the United States. Shortly after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista the former leader of Cuba in 1959 Fidel Castro took power over Cuba. Eventually Fidel Castro made Cuba under communist society. Since the USSR is communist as well, the Cuban relationship with USSR grew immensely. With high tensions with the Soviets during the cold war, the U.S. did not want Fidel Castro to rule over Cuba. In…