Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis:
To what extent were the United States anti-communist ideologies the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis, in contrast to their growth in nuclear technology?
Table of Contents:
Abstract:…………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………3-4
Introduction:……………………………………………..………………….…………….………………………………4-5
The United States Nuclear Program and the USSR’s Reactions:…….…………………………….5-7
The United States Political Relationship with Cuba before the Missile Crisis:………………7-8
The United States Economic Relationship with Cuba Prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9-10
The Rise of Fidel Castro and Cuban Communism:………………………………………….…..…...10-12
The United States Attempts to Eliminate Communist Forces in Cuba:……………….……12-13
Conclusion:………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………13-15
Abstract:
The Cold War was a major event in which the United States and Soviet Union displayed their growth in technology and militaristic strategies. The climax to this situation without a doubt was the Cuban Missile Crisis. There are many points of view on what the start of this possible nuclear disaster could have been. The question that appears to be most relevant is to what extent the United States anti-communist ideologies the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis, in contrast to their growth in nuclear technology.
With the Cold War in full stride, it is easy for one to believe that the USSR was pursuing Cuba in order to equalize themselves in case of a nuclear outbreak. The excuse from Russia is that the United States had recently placed nuclear weapons in Turkey. Though, it was already known to them that nuclear weapons were already placed in Japan. This excuse for the Cuban Missile Crisis then becomes irrelevant. What becomes apparent is that the United States and Cuba have had a long history of political and economic upsets that have always left
To what extent were the United States anti-communist ideologies the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis, in contrast to their growth in nuclear technology?
Table of Contents:
Abstract:…………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………3-4
Introduction:……………………………………………..………………….…………….………………………………4-5
The United States Nuclear Program and the USSR’s Reactions:…….…………………………….5-7
The United States Political Relationship with Cuba before the Missile Crisis:………………7-8
The United States Economic Relationship with Cuba Prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9-10
The Rise of Fidel Castro and Cuban Communism:………………………………………….…..…...10-12
The United States Attempts to Eliminate Communist Forces in Cuba:……………….……12-13
Conclusion:………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………13-15
Abstract:
The Cold War was a major event in which the United States and Soviet Union displayed their growth in technology and militaristic strategies. The climax to this situation without a doubt was the Cuban Missile Crisis. There are many points of view on what the start of this possible nuclear disaster could have been. The question that appears to be most relevant is to what extent the United States anti-communist ideologies the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis, in contrast to their growth in nuclear technology.
With the Cold War in full stride, it is easy for one to believe that the USSR was pursuing Cuba in order to equalize themselves in case of a nuclear outbreak. The excuse from Russia is that the United States had recently placed nuclear weapons in Turkey. Though, it was already known to them that nuclear weapons were already placed in Japan. This excuse for the Cuban Missile Crisis then becomes irrelevant. What becomes apparent is that the United States and Cuba have had a long history of political and economic upsets that have always left
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