Significance of Cuban Missile Crisis -This was an intense period where nuclear war could break out at any time. -A rash decision by any side could spark off war between the USSR and USA and in turn nuclear weapons might be deployed. -Fortunately‚ the leaders made rational decisions to resolve the crisis. -After the Cuban missile crisis‚ both sides realized the danger of nuclear war and began to talk more about peaceful co-existence. -A hotline was established bet the USSR & the USA
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This paper examines The Cuban Missile Crisis‚ which took place in October 1962‚ during the cold war‚ between United States and Soviet Union and analyses the critical points of the crises from the United States‚ Soviet Union and Cuba’s points of view. It points out their moves and negotiating styles in order to get in an agreement to end this crisis that could have almost turned to a total nuclear war. This confrontation of the two powerful countries put the world in danger; however‚ after intensive
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1. What were the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis? How was it resolved? On the time of October 1962‚ an American spy plane in secret took pictures of nuclear missile locations being constructed by the Soviet Union in the beautiful island of Cuba. When the government of the United States learned about the missile demanded their removal‚ the most intense conflict of the Cold War leading a miscalculation that was not known if it was made by the White House or the Kremlin could have push forward a
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS TIMELINE January 1‚ 1959 - After the Cuban Revolution‚ Fidel Castro assumes power. December 19‚ 1960 - Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. January 3‚ 1961 - The United States terminates diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba. April 12‚ 1961 - President Kennedy pledges the United States will NOT intervene militarily to overthrow Castro. April 17‚ 1961 - June 3-4‚ 1961 - Backed by the United States‚ a group of Cuban exiles
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Introduction The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 nearly led to a global nuclear war‚ with the two most powerful nations‚ United States and Soviet Union entangled in a standoff. The Soviet Union‚ under Premier Nikita Khrushchev had secretly deployed medium range ballistic missiles and intermediate range ballistic missiles to Cuba with Cuban leader Fidel Castro ’s consent. The missiles which posed a direct threat to U.S cities‚ military installations and the general population were intended to
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Khrushchev had very complicated reasons for ordering the Cuban missiles onto the island. First of all‚ gathering nuclear weaponries could effectively boost the Soviet Union’s power‚ while in the same time‚ this action could threaten the U.S. with nuclear attack from the Caribbean. Khrushchev had gathered indisputable evidence that the U.S. held an overwhelming advantage over the Soviets in deliverable nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union felt uneasy and threatened as America’s strategic superiority
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The Cuban missile crisis‚ which happened in October 1962‚ certainly has many lessons for us regarding nuclear warfare- or the prevention of it. However‚ whether the experience and knowledge gained from these lessons can be applied in Iran today is debatable. There is a relative correspondence to what happened fifty years ago in Cuba and what is happening in Iran right now- but there are also significant differences. Obviously‚ the main and most important similarity is that there is a potential risk
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American intelligence gathered from U.S. spy planes provided photographic evidence of the presence of Soviet missiles and missile silo construction in Cuba. A nuclear arsenal on the island nation less than 150 kilometers (approximately 93 miles) from Florida potentially posed a major security threat to the United States. Based on U.S. knowledge during the crisis‚ the Soviet missiles on the island could have targeted the American Southeast as well as much of the Eastern seaboard. President Kennedy
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What were the key factors in the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis? The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 is said to be the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war‚ even now in present times when arms are both more advanced and somewhat dispensable. It was “the single most dangerous crisis of the cold war era” and centred around Cuba in which the Soviet Union were found by the United States to have secretly installed ballistic missiles. For fourteen days the fate of the world lay in
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Although the Cuban Missile Crisis was a period of immense stress and fear throughout the world‚ it inspired some media and entertainment we see today. The British spy film‚ Goldfinger‚ was made to reflect the shape of the world and the Cold War after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Goldfinger was one of the most highly acclaimed spy or James Bond films of all time‚ and fortifies the confusion between communism and organized crime that appeared many times during films in the 1950s. Goldfinger replaced
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