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    WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION? The primary purpose is that it had been a very intense and oppressive dictatorship. Fulgencio Batista had been Cuba’s innovator for most of time since arriving to energy in an army hen house in 1933. He remained a master until 1940 when he formally became a chosen chief executive. The selection was not a reasonable one‚ but Batista honored the idea of democracy when he was beaten in the 1944 selection‚ and quietly passed energy over to his competitors.

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    owned most of the businesses‚ banks‚ sugar and tobacco plantations‚ as well as a large naval base. The USA maintained good relations with the pro-American dictator Batista. Batista was overthrown in 1959. 95% of Cuba’s trade was with the USA so the Cuban economy was heavily dependent on the USA. The new leader‚ Fidel Castro wished to reduce USA influence. He nationalised industries and banks and introduced land reforms. This damaged USA banking and business interests and led to deterioration in relations

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    THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS The “Caribbean crisis‚” as it was known in the former Soviet Union‚ was attributed to the Kennedy administration’s unwillingness to accept the status quo in Cuba. Unalterably opposed to Fidel Castro‚ the administration organized an ill-fated invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro refugees in April 1961. After the “Bay of Pigs” fiasco‚ the Central Intelligence Agency tried to assassinate Castro and sponsored covert operations against Cuba‚ the Department of State organized

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    Assess the short term impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis on relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. On October 22‚ 1962‚ after reviewing newly acquired intelligence‚ President John F. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba‚ a mere 90 miles off the shores of Florida. After weighing such options as an armed invasion of Cuba and air strikes against the missiles‚ Kennedy decided on a less dangerous response. In addition to demanding

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    serious about winning the Cold War and was willing to fight to prove so. Kennedy began to create a plan to invade Cuba. Coming into office President Kennedy picked up former president Dwight Eisenhower’s CIA campaign to train and equip guerilla army of Cuban exiles. While preparing for the invasion the last thing President Kennedy

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    The Cuban missile crisis was a defining event of the Cold War‚ and the study and analysis of how it was managed and resolved quickly became a staple of graduate courses dealing with American diplomacy. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy has been credited with a preponderant voice among the President’s advisers in devising a solution to the crisis that avoided war with the USSR; but this essay‚ drawing on meeting transcripts and other contemporary documentation‚ argues that his role was more nuanced

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    The Cuban revolution brought a lot of unrest to the people of Cuba. It was a time in Cuba where many people in Cuba didn’t have enough money for anything including money for food and shelter. Before the 1950’s‚ the troubles in Cuba life wasn’t all that bad. People would work in the sugar fields and would receive a hefty amount of cash during the sugar harvest season. Things started to change though as work came to an end and the people would have to take low paying jobs. Soon enough‚ people

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    The Cuban Revolution The year was 1952‚ an election between Fulgencio Batista and Carlos Prío Socarrás was heating up on a small island ninety miles off Florida’s southern coast‚ and the citizens of Cuba were furious. The new Cuban leader‚ Fulgencio Batista‚ seized power through a military coup against President Carlos Prío Socarrás. Cuba‚ at the time‚ had a democratic form of government; Batista’s seizure of power revealed the corruption in the country’s flawed democracy. Batista’s corruption angered

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    Case Study 2: The Cuban Missile Crisis (for SBQ) • This portion of the content deals with the reasons for the outbreak of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how close the world came to a nuclear holocaust • The Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC) refers to events which began in October 1962 when the USA found out that the USSR had missiles in Cuba • Both countries pushed each other to the brink or edge of war but backed away at the last minute to avoid Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) • During these tense

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    elites of Cuba and United States companies were main clients‚ who would help achieve Batista’s economic endeavors. Once in place‚ many companies focused on sugar‚ which was the main product that benefited Cuban Agriculture. However‚ the sugar business was not working efficiently to accommodate the Cuban economy. Batista’s regime motivated many revolutions most importantly the rebellion of Fidel Castro and the Rebel Army led by Che Guevara. The Rebel Army with Fidel Castro detested Batista’s regime because

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