TITLE: The Cuban Missile Crisis THESIS STATEMENT: The Cuban missile crisis almost brought the United States into another ground war and nearly into a nuclear war between the United States and the U.S.S.R . INTRODUCTION: In 1962 the Soviet Union was lagging behind the United States in the arms race. Soviet missiles were only powerful enough to be launched against Europe‚ but the U.S. missiles were capable of striking the entire Soviet Union. In May 1962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
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A Revolution within a Revolution: The Motivations‚ Ambitions and Roles of Women in the Cuban Revolution 1953-1959 Caitlyn Griffith History 244 Dr. Erik Ching May 4 2010 Introduction In the United State‚ the 1950’s is commonly referred to as the era of conformity. Prosperity of the post war years left people dazzled by new technology‚ commuting to the suburbs and settling into wholesale purchase of the American Dream. Women were donning aprons
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the Soviet Union worked quickly and secretly to build missile installations in Cuba. On October 16‚ 1962. President John F. Kennedy discovered through reconnaissance photographs that the Soviet Union was constructing missile installations on Cuban soil. This meant that only 90 miles of ocean separated the United States from nuclear missiles. In response to this threat‚ President Kennedy organized the Executive Committee (EX-COMM)‚ which was comprised from Kennedy’s twelve most important advisors
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Running head: JFK HANDLES THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS President JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis Contemporary History June 12‚ 2010 The Cuban Missile Crisis forever marked 1962 as the year the world almost witnessed a nuclear war. The Soviet Union‚ Cuba‚ and the United States were all teetering on the edge of a cliff that was crumbling from the weight of fear‚ tension‚ and secrecy. It also marked the official end of Americans innocent belief that they were safe in the glow of Lady Liberty’s
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Photography is one form of art that has documented and symbolized historic events that are still used today as historical documents. A Cuban photographer‚ Alberto Diaz Gutierrez‚ also known as Alberto Korda‚ famously documented the events of the Cuban Revolution. Alberto Korda became the world’s most famous Cuban photographer for his photography‚ documenting history of the revolution with over 55‚000 revolutionary themed photographs. Korda was born in Havana Cuba in 1928. He taught himself about photography
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His input to the Cuban revolution was a great landmark towards his acceptance as the liberator of all generations of leftists worldwide. Che was the forerunner of Communists Revolution in Cuba‚ and also doubled up as the superman of a majority of the prominent leaders in Cuba who had great connection with him. Many scholars believe that Guevara played a significant role not only in the success of the Cuban revolution in gaining power in 1959‚ but also in the social revolution which eventually converted
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control for about four hundred years. The Spanish government had become very oppressive toward the citizens of Cuba in their actions. They took away their seat of influence in the Spanish government while still remaining in charge which angered the Cubans. In addition to releasing their seat of political influence the Catholic Church lost its status of respect in Cuba when the bishops and priests sided with Spain during the war. With all of this‚ Spain still profited off of Cuba. Cuba’s war for independence
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eventual tyrant himself; his actions have warranted him a mixed legacy in the eyes of his people and of the world. Castro began as the charismatic rebel and leader of the M-26-7‚ fighting against Batista’s cruel regime; a hero in the eyes of the Cubans. Leading a group of young radicals‚ Castro instituted an attack on the Moncado Barracks to draw national attention to their cause. Though the attack was a failure‚ it was the beginning of a long and bloody battle fought over Cuba. From 1956 to 1958
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of the West Indies‚ is a country with a colorful and eventful history. Ruled by Spain until the twentieth century‚ control of Cuba eventually passed to General Fulgencio Batista and his regime‚ which was able to maintain control over the volatile Cuban people only through constant military aid supplied by the United States. Under Batista‚ the people of Cuba were unhappy‚ unhealthy‚ and repressed. The lived in a state of absolute poverty. The United States supported the Batista regime only because
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the fact that he’s Cuban can create a bias in the text‚ the best option is always to have the writer as neutral as possible. That source is valuable to my investigation the way it’s written helps me understand the necessary steps that any dictator would take to achieve a totalitarian regime. The second source that I used for my investigation is an article called “A study of Castro: motives behind the revolution” this source describes Castro actions like even after the revolution he didn’t take power
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