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    The CIA directed coup in Iran and the Cuban Missile Crisis had both unforeseen effects of the Cold War. They both have both nationalist and communists conflict. The difference is the full extent of how successful America was. The Cia coup in Iran was a result of Iran with holding the oil and their influence of communist beliefs. The Cuban Missile Crisis was thought to affect the safety of America itself‚ the bomb could hit them. These areas are similar because in both events America is determined

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    Kevin Luckey Mr. Crawford English 10 25 April 2017 Cuban Missile Crisis Address Literary Analysis In 1962‚ the Cold War was nearing its peak. The United States and the Soviet Union were creating unprecedented tensions that the world had never seen before. The ability to destroy the entire planet was only a button away. John F. Kennedy said "It is insane that two men‚ sitting on opposite sides of the world‚ should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization." (qtd. in Reeves 411). So‚ on October

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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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    The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 is undeniably a major confrontation of the Cold War. Lasting for 13 days it is arguably the pinnacle of the Cold War. This crisis was a decisive factor in the United States’ (US) decision process of whether to engage in a nuclear war with the Soviet Union (USSR). However the essential fault of both state leaders (J. Kennedy and N. Khrushchev) which created the inevitable crisis was miscommunication. Today we recognise actions taken by both states during the crisis

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    The Realist Perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis In October of 1962‚ the United States and the Soviet Union reached a near-nuclear experience when in a short fourteen days; Russia was caught building nuclear missile bases in Cuba. With the Second World War just barely in the past‚ the United States was still on their toes making sure they were in the clear. When they sent the U-2 spy plane to monitor Cuba they found missile bases that were armed and ready to wipe out the western hemisphere

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    1962‚ the American security officials presented the president‚ John F. Kennedy‚ with ominous news. 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

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    partook in a thirteen-day impasse concerning the construction of nuclear missile sites located in Cuba‚ merely 90 miles away from the coast of Florida‚ known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Realizing exactly how close this installation was‚ President Kennedy and the Executive Community‚ a group of fifteen members meant to advise the president and commonly recognized as Excomm‚ convened for the next twelve days in hopes to solve the dilemma at hand. Determined to not repeat the same errors as in the Bay of

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    Cuban Missile Crisis For centuries‚ Unites States involvement in foreign affairs was virtually nonexistent. Yet‚ with time‚ our nation evolved from a diplomatic island to a central continent of diplomacy. This started with the growth of industrialism in Cuba under the guiding hand of President Theodore Roosevelt. The importance of foreign affairs steadily escalated with both world wars and peaked with the rise of Soviet power and the onset of the Cold War. Kennedy and the United States quickly

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    the Cuban missile crisis‚ a struggle fought between the world’s two largest superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ which nearly provoked a nuclear catastrophe on both sides from October 16‚ to October 28‚ in 1962. This crisis had been brewing for many years and was sparked by previous issues between the two nations. The United States had been at odds with Communist ideals for many years beginning with the onset of the Cold War. The direct stimulant for the Cuban missile crisis

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