Cuban missile crisis

Causes
1959 castro launched a revolution freecubafrom
Soviet fear of american
nuclear superiority
corrupted government and economic dependence on the U.s
advancehis cause domestically against us imperialism
and theywould
Castro nationalized american businesses
overthrow the cuban two
aging dIn his attempt
promises

to
improve socialwelfare it neo imperial dominance
stay away fromthe as losing reserves
to counterthe loss accept soviet oil at belowmarket but USA

Eisenhower authorized wouldnt refire theoil cuba nationalized the refineries

training at anti cuba THE BAY OF PIGS
exiles to overthrow In Kennedy's campaignaccused Eisenhower of not doing
Castro hennesy followed
enough against castro as he would restore cuba democracy
Kennedy didnt know A
CIA t Dulles t Eisenhower plan
with trained exiles and american air support
US would helpthe new government otherthoaring castro
CIA most civilians would not support the uprising
Kennedy stuck supposed togetrid of communism t support
the exiles but its flawed
12 april 1961 press conference no us armed forces
involved and its between the cubans not us and cubans
Kennedy chose to Failed an attempted
pull air force last coup t violated international law
Castro's request for support ledto cuban missile crisis
minute THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
Us nuclear weapon britian italy and turkey
Khrushers missile proximity t support castro
surner 1962 washingtonignored any soviet material in Ca
October U2 spyplane s identified ballisticmissiles
October 16 deliberated on courses of action
october 22 quarantine Oas approved

HOW CUBAN MISSILE

CRISIS STARTED
 brinkmanship refied massive relatiation mutual assured
destruction

Khruscher ordered a shipto turn around avoiding war

Soviets dismantle and remove the weapons under un supervision
t notinnate arba and his dismantle in turkey in secret

IMPACT AND SIGNIFICANCE

many civilians nuclear war
Castro unaired and underdevelops wasnt involved
US continue to boycott cuban goods no trade or travel
US failed assassination attempts

reflects policy of brinkmanship

avoid nuclear war by kennedy t Khruscher
Cuba peaceful co existence trumped brinkmanshipIlmar averted
nuclear Letterence strongerthan nuclear war
GLOBAL SPREAD OFTHE COLDWAR
1950 1962 even whenmatters becametense hostilities would

escalate largeneuterof casualties

USSR backed china 1958
neither was willingto fulfill nuclear warfare
thruscher cost his position for favor of de escalation

and hopeful peaceful coexistence

1964 Khruschev outed

left to breahenevand nixon

new difficulties 1970s

NEITHER STATE WANTED

NUCLEAR WAR