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    Altercations can occur with misunderstandings and threats. in the movie Thirteen Days based upon the Cuban Missile Crisis, John. F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev dispute to keep their nations save. Nikita Khrushchev had been transporting missiles into Cuba, John. F Kennedy later found out by surveillance photos. Kennedy informed the soviets to remove their missiles or he would take action, later Kennedy went into action to form a blockade using the U.S naval as soviet ships moved towards Cuba. Tension

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    Fidel Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959 which resulted in the ending of the Cuban revolution, After the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro established a revolutionary socialist state where he assumed military and political power as Cuba’s Prime Minister. In 1960, (Growing Economic Antagonism), Castro nationalized all foreign assets in Cuba, increased taxes on American

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    The Iron Giant is set in 1957 during a period of the Cold War, at the time by tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was growing a fast in the form of the arms race. In 1957, Sputnik was launched, raising the possibility of invasion of privacy for millions of Americans and their government or even worse nuclear attack that could cause a Nuclear War . Communism and the potential threat of nuclear destruction cultivated an era of fear and paranoia which led to propaganda in the forms

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    Kennedy Doctrine

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis was to be President Kennedy’s greatest moments of his Flexible Response Doctrine. On October 14, 1962, a U-2 reconnaissance plane got a photograph of evidence of the missiles in western Cuba. President Kennedy met with his advisors in secret for several days to discuss the issue at hand. The president decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more supplies, and demanded the removal of the missiles already there

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    The Cuban Crisis

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    caused international instability by sending nuclear weapons to Cuba. Furthermore, the French Republic believes that. We completely support President Kennedy´s decision of establishing a quarantine around Cuba and he had declared that any nuclear missile launched in Cuba will be considered as an aggressive Soviet attack on NATO. Moreover, after the Cuban Revolution, Cuba was left in an economic crisis. The economy of Cuba depends on the United States. From 1955 to 1958, 74% of Cuba´s exports and 73%

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    infallible leadership and decision making skills. For this reason, I would like to investigate the extent to which John F. Kennedy’s decision-making process changed from the Bay of Pigs Invasion to the Cuban Missile crisis during his presidency. I chose the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis because the first is an event in John. F. Kennedy’s presidency before he gained experience from this job and the latter is an event from after he was acquainted with the presidential role. This span

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    John F. Kennedy: A Hero

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    skills to help the nation move forward. John F Kennedy was a hero because he successfully negotiated with the Soviet Union during the Cold War specifically during the Cuban Missile Crisis in addition to establishing the Peace Corps with his brother-in-law Sargent Shriver then following with support for civil rights. The Cuban Missile Crisis

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    is the man associated with the failure and success of Cuba throughout the 20th Century. This essay will explore his role and influence in one of humanity 's darkest moments, the Cuban missile crisis, which was a defining moment in Castro’s political life. As the leader of Cuba during the Cold War and Cuban missile crisis, he was responsible for defending Cuba sovereignty and interests amongst the superpower - the United States and Soviet Union. Memoirs would argue that former US President Kennedy

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    In response, Kennedy ordered a ‘quarantine’ around Cuba to make sure no ships were containing missile components, and the US forces were put on alert. The Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, said that the quarantine was “an act of unjustified aggression” (Chrisp 39). Khrushchev declared that he would ignore the quarantine, but actually, Soviet ships

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    The Thirteen Most Dangerous Days According to historians, in October of 1962, “The most dangerous 13 days in the history of mankind,” took place. This was known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, a time of tensions during the Cold War between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union. This period of time was so dangerous that there was enough nuclear power to destroy humanity (Cullough). John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States, was elected in 1960. Considering the fact that he was

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