Essay On The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a result of the rising tensions between the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The incident, lasting from October 16th to October 28th, 1962, was a direct confrontation between the USA and USSR over missile bases in Turkey, Italy and especially Cuba, hence the name. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a culmination of lack of communication, American politics and the inadequacy of the USSR’s nuclear stockpile, quelled by the withdrawal of missiles from both sides.

Introduction to the Cold War
The Cold War was a war of knowledge and spies between the two global superpowers. The Cold War received its name due to no actual military conflicts, therefore being “cold”. The conflict
In the letter, Kennedy gave Khrushchev proposals for a compromise. The compromise asked Khrushchev to remove their weapon systems from Cuba with safeguard and supervisions. In return, President Kennedy would ensure against an invasion of Cuba. In addition, the U.S. would promptly remove the naval quarantine around Cuba. Fear of going into another crisis, the U.S.S.R. strived for further development of ICBMs and MRBMs. Although both sides regarded the crisis as a victory,

Opposing Perspectives
Kennedy’s perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis is to protect the western hemisphere. The Soviet Union builds missile bases in Cuba and the USA has the support of the Western Hemisphere to act against the construction of missile bases. Khrushchev’s perspective is that the United States has no right to interfere with the relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union. With the solution of the Soviets removing missiles from Cuba and the USA removing missiles from Turkey. The Western Hemisphere believes that the United States won the crisis because many people didn’t know about the removal of missiles in Cuba.

Use of Propaganda