The Cuban Missile Crisis During The United States

The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 lasted thirteen days and was one of the major events during the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union were brink of a nuclear world war. Fidel Castro had become leader of Cuba and had turned the country into a communist state, similar to the Soviet Union. The USSR was given permission to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to target major cities in the United States, the reason was because the Soviet Union was threatened by the missiles placed in Italy and Turkey by the Americans. However, neither of the nation's fired their weapons; and an agreement between Nikita Khrushchev (leader of the USSR) and President John F.

The Cuban Missile Crisis started on October 16, 1962. At the time the dictator Fidel Castro was developing a relationship with the Soviet Union. Previously, Castro visited the United States to help establish a foreign relationship with the U.S only to be denied by the president. Vice President Richard Nixon had to step in to greet Castro at the White House. Cuba was in a deep economic turmoil and desperately needed foreign aid to help its people. The Soviet Union was willing to help out but not without a price; establishing a commercial and diplomatic relationship ( Walters) . The Soviet Union and its communism beliefs was inching closer to the United States until it was at their door step. In addition the Soviet Union developed 50 megaton nuclear

The occurrence of the Cuban missile crisis remains the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war. The placement of Soviet nuclear weaponry on the island of Cuba in October 1962, sparked thirteen days in which the Cold war grew increasingly hotter as tensions between the two superpowers escalated. However, despite marking a turning point in US-Soviet relations it could be argued that Operation Anadyr cannot wholly account for the disharmony between the United States and the Soviet Union. This can be seen as despite reaching a visible climax in 1962 -with the Cuban missile crisis- the Cold war remained largely a political stalemate between the two superpowers. The incompatible ideologies of the United States and Soviet Union served as the primary cause for the disharmony between the two nations, as the competing systems subsequently meant the US and USSR were unable to coexist harmoniously. However, a decline in the political influence and military capabilities of the Soviet Union, accompanied by increasingly an aggressive US foreign policy following the election of Kennedy served to exacerbate the long standing ideological divide between the two superpowers.

During 1939-1945, the United States and Soviet Union were involved in the Cold War. When Cuba accepted communism, the United States tried to drive out Cuba’s leader, Castro, during the Bay of Pigs, but it failed (Kauffman). The U.S. were concerned even more when they discovered Soviet Missiles in Cuba. Kennedy had established a quarantine to try and stop weapons coming to Cuba, but it was still a mystery when it came to what Kennedy’s response would be. Many Americans were in favor of using military action to remove the missiles, while critics of military action wanted to negotiate with the Soviets instead. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, John F. Kennedy chose the best course of action to end the crisis because he was able to prevent war, get the Soviet’s to remove their missiles from Cuba, and avoid alienating the United State’s allies.

The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous of the Cold War, but

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States took a bold stand against the Soviet Union, Communism, and the installation of nuclear arms in Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that occurred between October 14 and October 28, 1962 (“Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline”). During the Cold War Era, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were already high because of the way that World War II ended. The Soviet Union’s decision to put nuclear arms in Cuba escalated tensions between the countries and brought the United States and the Soviet Union as close to war as they have ever come (Byrne 69). The world leaders during this time were President John F. Kennedy of the United States, Russian Premier – Nikita Khrushchev and Communist Leader, Fidel Castro of Cuba (Donaldson Thirteen Days). The Cuban Missile Crisis represents a period of history where the United States took a strong stand against the Soviet Union, Communist ideology and Cuba.

In October of 1962, the United States, and the Soviet Union partook in a political and military standoff. Cubans began installing Soviet missiles, a couple miles away from the U.S. coast. The presence of nuclear missiles made the U.S. extremely tense. President Kennedy announced the news to the world and informed them of his decision to create a naval blockade around Cuba. The objective was to show that the United States was ready to utilize military force if the nation’s security was at risk. Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the positioning of nuclear weapons, a feared invasion of Cuba, revealing photographs obtained through a U-2 plane, and Kennedy and Khrushchev in negation, brought about the beginning and end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1. SUMMARY: The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the scariest moments in United States history and was quite possibly the closest the United States has come to all-out nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Starting with the Cuban Revolution in the 1950’s, which lead to our failure at the Bay of Pigs, and eventually culminating with the thirteen-day confrontation between our government and the government of the USSR regarding the placement of ballistic missiles in our close Caribbean neighbor, Cuba, the Cuban Missile Crisis was truly a terrifying experience. The placement of ballistic missiles in Cuba by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev not only had massive implications in the Western hemisphere, but in Europe as well, specifically Berlin.

The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 had put America and Canada in danger and had almost started a nuclear war. On October 15, 1962, an American spy plane took pictures of nuclear missiles being built in Cuba, these missiles were capable of hitting targets anywhere in the United States or Canada, these missiles belonged to the Soviet Union (Russia), and were too dangerous to be left alone. The missiles had been placed there after the failed mission of the Bay of Pigs, for protection. John F. Kennedy had been told about the missiles the day after and had informed world leaders a few days after. Kennedy informed Americans about the missiles on October 22, 1962, John Diefenbaker informed Canadians an hour and a half after Kennedy. During the crisis, Kennedy had spoken with his advisers and began negotiations with the Soviet Union. The crisis had lasted 13 days, it ended on October 28, 1962, when Kennedy and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev came to a compromise. The compromise was that Khrushchev would dismantle the missiles, in return for Kennedy promise not to invade Cuba, and the removal of the U.S. missiles in Turkey aiming at Russia. The Cuban missile crisis had created controversy between Canada and the U.S. The U.S had put Canada in danger because of tensions between the Cuba and the Soviet Union, The Canadian Prime Minister and the U.S. President had did not get along, Canada did not want war, and it brought a question to Canada’s nuclear weapon policy.

Cuba, a country just south of the United States of America, was the center stage of events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Actions attempted by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower prior to the crisis gave incentive to the Soviet Union and Cuba to agree to place missile installations in Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis was an incident that might have potentially led to a third world war because of the already heightened tensions between Cuba and the U.S. - but this time with ever more destruction owing to the role of weapons of mass destructions involved. The U.S. played a very crucial role in leading up to and then eventually resolving the crisis.

Fidel Castro came into power in the late 1950s. He was a very ruthless dictator that came into power by kicking American led companies out of Cuba. After the United States was kicked out of Cuba. The United States government ceased all trade and economic ties with the Cuban Government. The Cuban Missile Crisis started when an American spy plane that was spying on the island of Cuba noticed that there were missiles built on the island of Cuba, that they were built on the island of Cuba and that the offensive missiles were of Soviet design and making. After the plane noticed the offensive missiles in Cuba, the President of the United States John Kennedy called for an emergency meeting of all of the defense chiefs and they would decide what to do about the missiles in Cuba, which threatened the United States mainland. After the missiles were discovered on the island of Cuba, the United Nations Security Council held their own emergency meeting and there were some very hard words exchanged between the American ambassador to the United Nations and the Soviet Ambassador on why the missiles were on the Island of Cuba in the first place. The confrontation occurred in the United Nations Security Council where there are five permanent members of the Security Council. The Soviets wanted to deploy the missiles into Cuba to deter any involvement by the United States in Cuba and so that way we would not try to unseat the government of Cuba. That is one reason why the Soviets deployed the

The Cold War lasted approximately from 1947 to 1991; which pitted the United States (US) against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Russia or Soviets). During this period of time for both military and political conflict between the two countries, there was a short period of time that not only put these two nations on alert put the rest of the world of a potential nuclear war. This period of time would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which occurred from 16 to 28 October of that year. This crisis was building up due to the failed operation of overthrowing Fidel Castro with the “Bay of Pigs” and staging offensive nuclear weapons in Turkey which could strike the Russian homeland. The US Intelligence Community (IC) worst fear that the Soviets could strike the US soil within matter of minutes; this was achieved through stationing of offensive nuclear weapons on the island of Cuba 90 miles of the coast of the Florida. The purpose of this paper is to look at the events or history which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Russian Denial and Deception (D&D) Operations, US Perceptions, and Biases.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a big threat to the U.S because the missiles were in striking distance of us. The Soviet Union was supplying the missiles because of an alliance between the two. When we found out that Cuba had an alliance with the Soviet Union we got very nervous in fear of a war between them and us. Soviet´s premier Nikita Khrushchev assumed that we would let them install these missiles without reacting to it. Little did she know that this almost started the first global

In summation, the Cuban Missile Crisis was a period of intense negotiations between two conflicting world powers, both went in wanting to assert their superiority over the other and both possessing the intention of stopping nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis lead to many cultural and political changes internationally, making it a key factor in the modern development of Cuba, the United States, and

The Cuban Missile Crisis was during the Cold War. Leaders from both the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a thirteen day political and military standoff. This was about the Soviet Union installation of nuclear armed missiles on Cuba. The President of the United States was John F. Kennedy during this time period. He had warned the American people of the presence of missiles on Cuba. John F. Kennedy called for a naval blockade to surround Cuba.