The Cuban Missile Crisis

Let the record show that our restraint is not inexhaustible. Should it ever appear that

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the Cold War directly to America’s doorstep. This event marks the only real threat during the Cold War to America itself and not just America’s interests in various countries around the world. Before the events in Cuba, the fighting had been contained to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. This event marked the first time that communism posed a direct threat to the American homeland and put the United States itself at risk of an attack. President Kennedy knew that long-range missile sites in Cuba posed a direct threat to American security and had to be removed. Instead of bombing the sites or using ground troops to remove them, he opted to blockade the island to prevent the Soviet Union from delivering any more

In 1962 atomic war appeared to be unavoidable to the world, it was the first run through atomic war was holding tight a string. The Cuban Missile Crisis introduced a danger to the world, in which the USSR planted atomic rockets on Cuba. America's reaction was to debilitate propelling atomic rockets at the Russians. This occurrence propelled the world into another time, which displayed atomic weapons as a wellspring of force.

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.

The Third Concern that the united States had was The US attack on the Bay of Pigs in Cuba was the another trigger to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This US led attack on April 17, 1961 was initially a success at first before in turned to defeat for the United States. The US used painted planes to look like Cuban Air Force planes. Many of the targeted areas were missed. This attack took place on the south coast of Cuba.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a great standoff that involved mainly three countries: Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The crisis turned out to be one of the most iconic events of the Cold War and almost led to Nuclear destruction of multiple countries. During this time, you could cut the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States with a knife. At any moment either of the two countries could have launched nuclear weapons completely wiping out an entire group of people. Leaders of the three countries were scrambling to prepare for the worst and brace themselves and their countries for the most devastating outcome. Stress levels between Kennedy, Castro, and Khrushchev were at an all-time high during the Cuban Missile

The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was the closest the world came to nuclear war. The Soviet Union shipped nuclear missile to Cuba clandestinely and were discovered by the United States. While the confrontation did not result in open nuclear warfare between the US and USSR, the US Intelligence Community (IC) was taken by surprise. How did the IC not notice the buildup of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba? The information was there despite the best Russian denial and deception attempts. The United States intelligence and military analysts allowed themselves to be deceived by the Russians because they did not anticipate the Russians would station nuclear weapons outside the Soviet Union. A closer look will show why the Russian deception worked for so long and why the US was forced to react quickly to a crisis that could have easily spiraled into nuclear war.

First, the Cuban missile crisis started on October 14, 1962, when an American plane discovered nuclear missile sites under construction by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in Cuba. This nuclear missile was directed towards the USA, and the missile was capable to carry nuclear bombs. John F. Kennedy met his consultants many times to discuss this issue. Therefore, Kennedy decided to send naval forces around Cuba in order to block the USSR from bringing in any military supplies, He reclaimed the USSR to remove the missiles and demolition the sites. This crisis almost led to a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR, but at the end; Kennedy agreed with USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev to dismantle the missiles in return for an obligation

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the pinnacle of the Cold War. This crisis was going to start the worst war this world has ever seen. A all out nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union of Russia. The topics we will be talking about in this passage are the discovery of the missiles in Cuba. Then we'll talk about the attempt of the U.S. helping start a revolution in Cuba known as the Bay Of Pigs. Then finally we’ll talk about the agreement that the U.S. and Russia came to that ended the crisis. Therefor we will talk about the discovery, the attempt, and the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two countries came closest to nuclear war. It was a 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear Soviet missiles on Cuba and American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey. The missiles on Cuba were discovered after an American U-2 spy plane photographed a Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile being assembled for installation. President John Kennedy immediately called together a group of his closest advisors to figure out what to do.

The purpose of this investigation is to establish the extent to which there was a victor at the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. This investigation will evaluate the position of both Khrushchev and Kennedy after the crisis in order to draw the victor. Looking into the intentions and goals of USA and the USSR leading up to, during, and recently after the crisis to determine the true victor, in between the years 1959 and 1979. Sources that will be used in this investigation include documentaries, CIA documents, books, and journal/newspaper article, and will be evaluated for purpose, limitations, and values, mindful of its origins.

The Cuban missile Crisis began in October 1962, when the US discovered Soviet missiles were being stored in Cuba, finding these missiles meant the US & the Soviet Union were on the verge of a Nuclear War.

Information found from source 1: Two superpowers the United States and the Soviet Union were the very close to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The crisis was very special in many ways. The U.S. failed to overthrow Castro in Cuba with the Bay of Pigs invasion, President Kennedy was planning Operation Mongoose. Operation Mongoose was a secret operation to fight against Cuba and remove communist from the power. Fidel Castro and Soviet Nikita Khrushchev reached an agreement to place nuclear missiles in Cuba. The sites where the missiles were supposed to be put was a secret, but the U.S. found out. President Kennedy gathered his closest advisors to help come up with a plan to resolve the issue. He decided on a naval “quarantine” of

Due to Cuba’s alliance with the Soviet Union it gave both countries new opportunities. The Soviets had a place to store their missiles and Cuba had a source of major income. America did not take this union lightly and planed an attack on Cuba called the Bay of Pigs invasion. There was one problem, Castro was aware that the U.S was going to attack. He knew that the close relationship he was having with Soviets would push America to attack. The only thing Castro didn’t know was when and where the attack would happen. A group of Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA, attacked Cuba (this day). Even though the chance of success was slim Kennedy still gave it the go-ahead. Twelve hundred armed men met with Castro’s military. One hundred of the American men were killed and 1,100 were taken prisoner. This failed attack helped Castro’s political game.

In October 1962, the world came closer than ever to an all-out nuclear war with the potential to destroy human civilization. This dramatic standoff between the United States of America and the Soviet Union came at the height of the Cold War, as relations between the two superpowers were at their worst. The 13-day confrontation dramatically changed world politics and provided a chilling reminder of the threat of nuclear war.