handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis epitomizes the foreign policy approach that John F. Kennedy’s administration took. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was a conflict with the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the U.S on the other. The Cuban Missile Crisis is regarded as the closest the Cold War came to turning into a nuclear war (Byrne‚ 2006‚ p.7). It is also one of the documented moments of the threat of mutual assured destruction (MAD). After getting proof of Soviet missile bases building
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History The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War To what extent was the Cuban Missile Crisis responsible for diffusing the Cold War by forcing communication between the Soviet Union and the United States? Table of Contents Title Page…………………………………………………………………………....1 Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………....2 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………...3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………..…..4 US and Soviet Relations Prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis……………………..…5-6
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the 35th president of United States of America (USA)‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) dealt with the Cuban Missile Crisis during the period of October 14-28‚ 1963. It shows how JFK’s leadership saved the world from having World War III (WWIII)‚ or worse‚ Nuclear War. JFK’s crisis management and decision-making skills was tested during this period. He was under an extreme pressure‚ having the Cuban missiles were about to be ready to become operational and most of his Generals suggested him to launch a
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concerning the Cuban missile crisis‚ the changing responses and attitudes to attacking Cuba and the importance of the perception from the American people. The meeting itself was as a result of the early morning revelation made by McGeorge Bundy‚ JFKs national security assistant. He had‚ on the morning of October 16th 1962‚ brought the president high altitude photographs taken from U-2 planes flying over Cuba. They showed Soviet soldiers hurriedly and secretly selling up nuclear-armed missiles. JFK had
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Kennedy took the decision to blockade Cuba in order to find a non passive‚ yet non aggressive solution to the problem of the Cuban missile crisis. There were many positives in choosing the blockage; a ban on the Soviet Union bringing in any further military supplies to Cuba‚ enforces by the US who would stop and search Soviet ships. And a call for the Soviet Union to withdraw what was already there. It was chosen by Kennedy as he believed it would show that the USA was serious‚ but it would not be
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1. In your opinion‚ was the Cold War inevitable? If not‚ was the United States or the USSR more to blame? Although both Truman and Stalin helped increase tensions in Europe and East Asia in the years immediately following World War II‚ the Cold War itself was likely inevitable. The alliance that had formed between the United States and the USSR during World War II was not strong enough to overcome the past decades of suspicion and unease between the two nations. Moreover‚ as both leaders sought
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nuclear war and he did this by stopping the USSR. Similarly‚ the Cuban missile crisis was a moment when the USA and USSR‚ headed by Kennedy and Khrushchev‚ might have begun fighting with nuclear weapons. Castro’s weapon represents the few missiles staged in Cuba; the bigger threat‚ backing him up‚ is the USSR’s supply of weapons. Moreover‚ in 14 October 1962‚ an American U2 spy plane took photographs which showed Soviet nuclear missile bases being built on Cuba which could destroy almost all major
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European views regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. Historical Background: In September‚ 1962 United States President John F. Kennedy received intelligence reports on a possible nuclear missile buildup in Cuba. American U-2 spy planes photographed Cuba for the next month while American intelligence noted the increasing number of Soviet ships going into and out of Cuba. On October 16th‚ President Kennedy was informed that the Soviets were building offensive missile sites in Cuba. Kennedy and
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reveal a dynamic militancy. He set to dramatically increase American strength including increasing the defense budget ($40 bil to $56 bil)‚ and arms production (missile launchers‚ long range bombers‚ submarines‚ and ICBMS). This ignited the greatest arms race in the history of mankind. In hindsight we can now see that the more missiles America built‚ the less secure the country was. However‚ his changes extended far beyond nuclear delivery weapons. Kennedy wanted to increase America’s conventional
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....................................................................................... 11 1 I. Introduction The Cuban Missile Crisis has been one of the most formidable political-military incidents in the world’s history. It is described as a seminal event that “symbolizes a central‚ if only thinkable‚ fact about our existence” (Allison‚ 1969‚ p. 689). The crisis is the closest that the world came to the outbreak of a nuclear war between the two world superpower of the time‚ the United
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