Sources Cuban Missile Crisis
This cartoon was published on October
30, 1962 immediately after the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis by
Edmund Valtmun. After 13 days of being on the brink of war, Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the nuclear missiles from Cuba. This cartoon depicts
Khrushchev doing just that by way of dentistry in the mouth of Cuban leader
Castro, saying “This Hurts Me More Than it Hurts You,” revealing that the removal of missiles in Cuba ultimately meant that
Khrushchev had lost the non-combat war by being the first to fold under pressure against the United States.
This cartoon was published in October 1962 by the cartoonist Fritz Behrendt.
It portrays just how serious the Cuban Missile Crisis was for both the United
States and the Soviet Union, by revealing the two preparing for the worst. The cartoon caption reads ‘Just in Case…’Just as in the biblical story of Noah’s
Ark, Khrushchev and Kennedy are shown loading up the ark in case of a nuclear crisis which could be compared to the great flood of the bible, wiping out the face of the earth.
Each of these cartoons, one on the left by an American, the other by a British cartoonist, represent just how heated the Cuban Missile Crisis was. Each also reveal how although the US and Soviet
Union were enemies, each trying for a victory over the other, neither wanted to induce a nuclear war.
In the first cartoon, Kennedy and Khrushchev trying to keep the beast of nuclear war locked up. A nuclear war truly would be a monster, and could lead to the destruction of many people and land on both sides. The other cartoon shows Kennedy and Khrushchev arm wrestling on top of the opposing nuclear weapons, with each of their fingers placed over the launch buttons. The caption
(not shown) reads “OK Mr. President, let’s talk.” This also reveals that although threats of nuclear war were given and neither side wanted to give in to the other, nuclear war was wanted by neither
Kennedy nor Khrushchev.
30, 1962 immediately after the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis by
Edmund Valtmun. After 13 days of being on the brink of war, Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the nuclear missiles from Cuba. This cartoon depicts
Khrushchev doing just that by way of dentistry in the mouth of Cuban leader
Castro, saying “This Hurts Me More Than it Hurts You,” revealing that the removal of missiles in Cuba ultimately meant that
Khrushchev had lost the non-combat war by being the first to fold under pressure against the United States.
This cartoon was published in October 1962 by the cartoonist Fritz Behrendt.
It portrays just how serious the Cuban Missile Crisis was for both the United
States and the Soviet Union, by revealing the two preparing for the worst. The cartoon caption reads ‘Just in Case…’Just as in the biblical story of Noah’s
Ark, Khrushchev and Kennedy are shown loading up the ark in case of a nuclear crisis which could be compared to the great flood of the bible, wiping out the face of the earth.
Each of these cartoons, one on the left by an American, the other by a British cartoonist, represent just how heated the Cuban Missile Crisis was. Each also reveal how although the US and Soviet
Union were enemies, each trying for a victory over the other, neither wanted to induce a nuclear war.
In the first cartoon, Kennedy and Khrushchev trying to keep the beast of nuclear war locked up. A nuclear war truly would be a monster, and could lead to the destruction of many people and land on both sides. The other cartoon shows Kennedy and Khrushchev arm wrestling on top of the opposing nuclear weapons, with each of their fingers placed over the launch buttons. The caption
(not shown) reads “OK Mr. President, let’s talk.” This also reveals that although threats of nuclear war were given and neither side wanted to give in to the other, nuclear war was wanted by neither
Kennedy nor Khrushchev.