Ideological Confrontation Between The Cold War And The United States
1.1 INTRODUCTION According to Trueman (2015), the Cold War is actually an ideological confrontation that happened between the democratic and capitalist world which led the United State (US) against the Communist bloc under Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). The origin of the name Cold War was given to the relationship that developed between the two superpowers after World War Two. It lasted roughly from 1945 until 1990 which is almost 45 years. There were no direct military campaigns between the two main superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. However, it had cost a huge sum of money which is almost billions of dollars and millions of lives were lost during the fight took place. The competing ideologies and visions among
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It was actually a failed attempt made by US Government under the administration of President John F. Kennedy to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro who was the leader at that time (Chapman, 2012). The incident happened regarding the Cuban Revolution that took place in 1959. It showed that Fidel Castro have a strong economic links with the Soviet Union whereas at the time, the United States was engaged in the Cold War. US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower was very concerned on how Castro ruled the nation and also regarding the direction that he wanted to led the Cuba. Thus, due to this reason, Eisenhower had instructed the CIA to plan for overthrow Castro's leadership. The CIA proceeded to organize a well plan operation with the aid of various Cuban anti-revolutionary forces. They were called Brigade 2506 and been trained in Guatemala (Chapman, 2012). John F. Kennedy as the successor of Eisenhower after he stepped down had approved the final invasion plan on 4 April 1961 to overthrow and kill Castro. However, the failed invasion plan actually had helped to strengthen the position of Castro's leadership which had made him a national hero and been praised by the Cuban people due to his action. In addition, it had provided a strong and good relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union. Based on this event, it eventually had led to the crisis which called Cuban Missile Crisis in
It was actually a failed attempt made by US Government under the administration of President John F. Kennedy to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro who was the leader at that time (Chapman, 2012). The incident happened regarding the Cuban Revolution that took place in 1959. It showed that Fidel Castro have a strong economic links with the Soviet Union whereas at the time, the United States was engaged in the Cold War. US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower was very concerned on how Castro ruled the nation and also regarding the direction that he wanted to led the Cuba. Thus, due to this reason, Eisenhower had instructed the CIA to plan for overthrow Castro's leadership. The CIA proceeded to organize a well plan operation with the aid of various Cuban anti-revolutionary forces. They were called Brigade 2506 and been trained in Guatemala (Chapman, 2012). John F. Kennedy as the successor of Eisenhower after he stepped down had approved the final invasion plan on 4 April 1961 to overthrow and kill Castro. However, the failed invasion plan actually had helped to strengthen the position of Castro's leadership which had made him a national hero and been praised by the Cuban people due to his action. In addition, it had provided a strong and good relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union. Based on this event, it eventually had led to the crisis which called Cuban Missile Crisis in