Cuban Missile Crisis Research Paper
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis of October 1962 was a major international crisis and political standoff between the Soviet Union and The United States of America over missile placement in Cuba, 150 km from US shores. This was a major nuclear threat to world peace.
On the 1st January 1959, President Batista of Cuba was overthrown. This allowed Castro backed revolutionary forces to seize power. Fidel Castro then became Prime Minister of Cuba.
In May 1960, a US plane flying over Soviet airspace was shot down and the pilot was taken hostage. The incident forced the US to admit to the international world that it was conducting spy operations over the Soviet Union. Soon after this incident, the Soviet Union established relations …show more content…
In May 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev devised a plan to place nuclear missiles in Cuba as a way to “protect” Cuba from another US invasion, such as the failed “Bay of Pigs” invasion in 1961. The “Bay of Pigs “ invasion was where the US government had trained and equipped 1500, anti-Castro Cuban exiles in guerrilla warfare in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban leader Fidel Castro. This failed attempt was a disaster for the US government and created further major tensions between Cuba and the …show more content…
The Cold War brought about a level of propaganda and fear associated with the spread of Communism and as a result, Australia, New Zealand and the United States formed a pact to strengthen its security in the region and make themselves safer against communism. This pact meant that if one of the countries were attacked or invaded, other countries within the alliance would assist and defend them. This pact is known as the ANZUS treaty. The ANZUS treaty was signed in September 1951 and came into effect the following year.
By 1954 conflicts in South-East Asia were posing a larger threat to neighbouring countries and Australia. The “domino theory” swept across Australia instilling a great fear of communism. The theory proposed that if one country in South-East Asia fell to communism, the rest would fall like dominoes. During the cold war, communists were seen as a “disease”, they were the “red scum” that spread. International propaganda and fear were at an all time high. The fear of communism permeated Australian politics. In 1949, the defeat of the Australian Labor party was heavily linked to the fear of communism. Prime Minister Robert Menzies actively took action against the Communist Party Association introducing the Communist Dissolution Bill which was passed and became a law on the 20th of October 1950.
The Cuban Missile crisis of October 1962 was a major international crisis and political standoff between the Soviet Union and The United States of America over missile placement in Cuba, 150 km from US shores. This was a major nuclear threat to world peace.
On the 1st January 1959, President Batista of Cuba was overthrown. This allowed Castro backed revolutionary forces to seize power. Fidel Castro then became Prime Minister of Cuba.
In May 1960, a US plane flying over Soviet airspace was shot down and the pilot was taken hostage. The incident forced the US to admit to the international world that it was conducting spy operations over the Soviet Union. Soon after this incident, the Soviet Union established relations …show more content…
In May 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev devised a plan to place nuclear missiles in Cuba as a way to “protect” Cuba from another US invasion, such as the failed “Bay of Pigs” invasion in 1961. The “Bay of Pigs “ invasion was where the US government had trained and equipped 1500, anti-Castro Cuban exiles in guerrilla warfare in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban leader Fidel Castro. This failed attempt was a disaster for the US government and created further major tensions between Cuba and the …show more content…
The Cold War brought about a level of propaganda and fear associated with the spread of Communism and as a result, Australia, New Zealand and the United States formed a pact to strengthen its security in the region and make themselves safer against communism. This pact meant that if one of the countries were attacked or invaded, other countries within the alliance would assist and defend them. This pact is known as the ANZUS treaty. The ANZUS treaty was signed in September 1951 and came into effect the following year.
By 1954 conflicts in South-East Asia were posing a larger threat to neighbouring countries and Australia. The “domino theory” swept across Australia instilling a great fear of communism. The theory proposed that if one country in South-East Asia fell to communism, the rest would fall like dominoes. During the cold war, communists were seen as a “disease”, they were the “red scum” that spread. International propaganda and fear were at an all time high. The fear of communism permeated Australian politics. In 1949, the defeat of the Australian Labor party was heavily linked to the fear of communism. Prime Minister Robert Menzies actively took action against the Communist Party Association introducing the Communist Dissolution Bill which was passed and became a law on the 20th of October 1950.