The Cuban Missile Crisis started on October 14, 1962 and ended on October 28, 1962. C. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during the Cold War 1. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United Stated were high 2. This marks the closest we have ever been to a nuclear war (Transition: Now that I have given you a little information on the Cuban Missile Crisis, I will now talk about President Kennedy’s announcement of the Cuban Missile Crisis. II.
Although the USA had won the propaganda victory, Khrushchev had managed to defend Cuba against the might of the US. Khrushchev had always maintained that the sole reason he went ahead with Operation Anadyr (to put missiles on Cuba) was to defend Cuba. After Castro had overthrown Batista in 1959, he began nationalising business and seizing US assets, seizing $1billion worth of assets in 1960 alone. The US clearly wasn’t happy with this and decided to remove Castro. Their first attempt, the
His decision on quarantining Cuba without using the tactic of blockade was brilliant and wise, knowing that Soviets would take the simple “blockade” as an act of war. The only downfall of his decisions was the time limit and death of the American spy. Even through pressure President John F. Kennedy stepped up to the plate and played with the cards given to him, even when knowing that they weren’t the very best. Overall Kennedy did an excellent job on removing the nuclear weapons that once threatened American
These developments changed the US policies of brinkmanship and massive retaliations, as these methods only worked while the USA remained militarily superior. The Cuban missile crisis showed how back dated these policies were, something Kennedy’s military advisors failed to notice, his understanding of the dangers and his controlled response helped save the USA from the most destructive war ever seen. However the military assured destruction that came with the power of the nuclear era forced the USA and USSR into the standoff of Cuba. This crisis was inevitable and the only way of bringing the arms race to the end. However the driving
After the US discovered the presence of the missiles the US issued a naval quarantine of Cuba. This brought the world to the brink of nuclear war as Soviet ships approached the quarantine line, but at the last minute the ships turned back as part of the US/Soviet agreement to withdraw their missiles from Cuba and the US’ from Turkey and secret clause of agreement that the US would not invade Cuba
Tensions between the USSR and the United States rocketed after it came to the American Government’s knowledge that the USSR were setting up weapons in Cuba, a communist state in the Americas. The Soviet Union’s actions came as a result of American Missiles – namely Jupiter -being placed in Turkey, although there is a suggestion that the Soviet Union’s leader Nikita Khrushchev –according to his claims- placed missiles in Cuba as a shield of protection of the smaller country after America’s failed Bay of Pigs attempt of 1961. The aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis could be seen as a highly significant turning point. The agreement that both sides came to meant that Missiles were removed from Turkey and Cuba, and that Fidel Castro’s leadership on Cuba was strengthened. As a result, a Moscow-Washington hotline was also created -enabling a direct means of contact between the USA and USSR- which to an extent could have been seen as ground breaking due to the Communist/Capitalist line of communication being created.
Congress approved the Peace Corps and Kennedy signed the legislation on September 22, 1961 as a permanent federal agency. When President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev realized that they have almost brought a nuclear war after the Cuban Missile Crisis, they both wanted to reduce the tensions between the two nations. On August 5, 1963, the nations signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The treaty prohibited testing of nuclear weapons underwater, in the atmosphere, or in outer space, allowed underground nuclear tests as long as there are no radioactive exposures beyond the boundaries of the nation, and pledged to work towards complete disarmaments, and an end to arms race. The foreign policies Kennedy provided helped protect the security and freedom of the world and elevated world peace among all
The Blockade was an attempt to prevent the Allies unifying the western parts of Germany. In addition Russia also wanted to rid West Berlin of the democratic viewed Allies. When the Soviet Union announced the Berlin Blockade on June 24 1948, the West was forced to make a decision about how to deal with it. Giving in to Russian demands was rejected as an option, and some consideration was given to an invasion. America eventually decided that the Berlin Airlift was the best option.
While Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy all had the same same Cold War intention of ending communism, their ways of achieving their goal were different.The Cold War was an angry dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union about whether we should spread or contain communism (Ayres 817). According to Edward Ayres in American Anthem: Reconstruction to the Present all three Presidents used some form of Economic Aid, how we help other countries financially; Military Aid, how we help other countries’ militaries; and finally, Military Use, how we utilise our military (Ayres 817). Their end goal was to completely contain, or confine communism(Truman).
In the early 1960’s the Soviet Union and Cuba had a very close relationship was during the Cold War where the Cuban Missile Crisis began. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred when the Soviet Union offered Cuba protection if they gave them the ability of planting missiles there. The 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was in a breakdown when he discovered ballistic missiles in Cuba on October 16, 1962. By October 29 John F. Kennedy took action from the fear of the ballistic missiles striking Washington D.C. John F. Kennedy considered starting a naval blockade to halt Soviet missiles entering Cuba. The naval blockade became successful on October 29, 1962; Soviet missiles were interrupted from the regular schedule of importation.