How Did The Cold War Affect The Bay Of Pigs

Blanca Lopez
Professor Joan Conrad
English 102
2 may, 2015 The Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs

The Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis happened during the Cold War. This was a tense event following World War II. This almost caused Russia and US to be involved in a nuclear war. Another symbol of the Cold War was the Iron Curtain which divided the Soviet Union after World War II from Europe by the Berlin Wall. Soviet Union built this this wall to prevent people from leaving the Soviet Union and prevent interaction with Europe. People were segregated from the rest of the world. This tension between the United States and Russia caused the expansion of the Cold War through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, and the Berlin Wall.
This is proven in the article as the root of the conflict when stating, "The roots of this conflict lay in long-standing Soviet and U.S. antagonism and insecurities. Therefore conflicts such as antagonism lead fear in Americans. For example, insecurities caused for this crisis to be such a strong turning point in history. This article also mentioned another crucial event that lead to the threat of nuclear war." If Cuba should "become an offensive military base of significant capacity for the Soviet Union..." (The Cuban Missile Crisis 16).
The Cuban Revolution was the background for the crisis in 1959. A Marxist regime in Cuba had seemed unlikely to the Communist party in Cuba because Fidel Castro seemed irresponsible and stubbornly conformist. In 1943, President Bautista appointed a communist to his cabinet, but loyalty transferred gradually to Castro completely by