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    INTRODUCTION The closest the world has come to nuclear war was the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. The Soviets had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba‚ just 90 miles off the coast of the United States. U.S. armed forces were at their highest state of readiness and demanded that the Soviet Union remove these missiles and imposed a naval blockade on Cuba‚ threatening to sink any Soviet ships that approached the island without permitting their cargoes to be inspected. Soviet field commanders

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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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    Essay: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) During the Cold War‚ the Soviet Union represented socialism and the USA and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) allies represented capitalism. The world was divided between these ideologies‚ with United States controlling the West and the USSR spreading socialism with the Warsaw Pact in the East. Not only were their ideologies different but they were racing against each other in the field of science. In terms of military might‚ both sides acquired

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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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    The Cuban Missile Crisis: To what extent were the United States anti-communist ideologies the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ in contrast to their growth in nuclear technology? Table of Contents: Abstract:…………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………3-4 Introduction:……………………………………………..………………….…………….………………………………4-5 The United States Nuclear Program and the USSR’s Reactions:…….…………………………….5-7 The United States Political Relationship with Cuba before the

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis‚ an event that occurred in October 1962‚ almost turned the Cold War “hot”‚ presumably destructive for humanity as we know it. However‚ the conflict proved manageable‚ to all participating sides‚ as no nuclear war actually occurred. To evade escalation of the conflict‚ involved nations were obliged to come to an agreement‚ and overcome their differences. To reach the phase of a resolution however‚ opposing states had to undergo a series of events‚ which escalated the conflict

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    why relations changed between the USA and the USSR as a result of events in Cuba between 1959 and 1962 and how the Cuban missile Crisis affected relations between the USA and the USSR. The USA and the USSR never really got on after WW2 ended‚ it was always a competition to see who the greatest superpower was. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the nearest that both sides came to an actual nuclear war. The tensions were intense for both sides‚ for both USA and USSR could have started a war if they wanted

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    Cuba was situated only 90 miles from Florida in southern USA. Americans 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

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis was an outstanding clash of the goals and ideals of three leaders; Kennedy of the United States‚ Khrushchev of the USSR‚ and Castro of Cuba. Both the U.S. and the USSR the most powerful coutnries in the world with very differing governmental beliefs that caused both nations "to construe the other as inevitably hostile and‚ indeed‚ evil. (p. 7) Cuba‚ a country that had entirely adapted communist beliefs once under the rule of Castro‚ served as a major ’front’ in the Cold War

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    Khrushchev According to Robert Kennedy‚ “The fourteen people involved [in American responses to the Cuban Missile Crisis] were very significant—bright‚ able‚ dedicated people‚ all of whom had the greatest affection for the US . . . If six of them had been President of the US‚ I think that the world might have been blown up.”1 The Cuban Missile Crisis was delicate. Although tension between the US and USSR had escalated in years past‚ this Latin America tango severely increased the likelihood of nuclear

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