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    The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred from October 16-28, 1962 and brought the US and USSR closest to nuclear war. The Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, which the US saw as a threat. After the US discovered the missile sites, President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and demanded the Soviets remove the missiles. For 13 days, the superpowers stood at the brink of war. Ultimately, the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the US agreeing not to invade Cuba and secretly removing its missiles from Turkey. The crisis highlighted the dangers of the Cold War and increased tensions between the US and Cuba.

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred from October 16-28, 1962 and brought the US and USSR closest to nuclear war. The Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, which the US saw as a threat. After the US discovered the missile sites, President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and demanded the Soviets remove the missiles. For 13 days, the superpowers stood at the brink of war. Ultimately, the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the US agreeing not to invade Cuba and secretly removing its missiles from Turkey. The crisis highlighted the dangers of the Cold War and increased tensions between the US and Cuba.

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred from October 16-28, 1962 and brought the US and USSR closest to nuclear war. The Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, which the US saw as a threat. After the US discovered the missile sites, President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and demanded the Soviets remove the missiles. For 13 days, the superpowers stood at the brink of war. Ultimately, the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the US agreeing not to invade Cuba and secretly removing its missiles from Turkey. The crisis highlighted the dangers of the Cold War and increased tensions between the US and Cuba.

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred from October 16-28, 1962 and brought the US and USSR closest to nuclear war. The Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, which the US saw as a threat. After the US discovered the missile sites, President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and demanded the Soviets remove the missiles. For 13 days, the superpowers stood at the brink of war. Ultimately, the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the US agreeing not to invade Cuba and secretly removing its missiles from Turkey. The crisis highlighted the dangers of the Cold War and increased tensions between the US and Cuba.

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    Cuban Missile

    Crisis

    By- Himani Prajapati


    Introduction
     The Cuban missile crisis occurred between October 16 th and October 28th
    in 1962.
     The Cuban missile crisis was a time highlighted confrontation between the
    soviet union, US and Cuba during cold war
     It was a moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear
    conflict
     The Cuban missile crisis was unique is a number of ways, featuring
    calculations and miscalculations as well as directed and secret
    communications and miscommunications between two sides.
     The Cuban missile crisis lasted for atleast thirteen days.

    Relationship between US and Cuba before


     In 1959 fidel castro overthrew the US- backed oppressive govt of
    bulgencio bastista in the cuba resolution, established himself as a new
    dictator and installed a communist party, forming an alliance with soviet
    union
     At this time the US controls much of the Cuban economy, castro decides
    to nationalise all US.
     In response, the US placed an economic ambargo against the island nations
    in 1962, essentially prohibiting US companies from trading with Cuba.
     The early 1960s were marked by a number of submissive, top secret US
    attempts to topple the Cuban government

    Relationship between US and Cuba now


     Cuba and the US restered diplomatic relations on July 20,2015
     The US imposed sanctions on a Cuban security official and an interior
    ministry brigade
     This sanction presents American business with commercial activities in
    the US from conducting trade with Cuban intrests.
     During Trump administration new restrictions were announced on
    American travel to Cuba.
     The Biden administration has been labelled as “tougher than Donald
    Trump on the island government.
    Relationship between US and USSR
     The first diplomatic relation between soviet union and Cuba developed
    during WW2
     In the early 1970s the soviet union emerged as a dominant political force
    in cuba
     By 1973 the Cuban economy had been securely subordinated to the soviet
    economy
     Dependence on USSR was also related to the smallness, and the isolation
    of Cuba and her proximity to a hostile superpower the US.

    Origin of Cuban missile crisis


     After the failed US attempt to overthrow the castro regime in Cuba with
    bay of pig invasion
     Nikita Khruschev reached a secret agreement with Cuban premier Fidel
    Castro to place soviet nuclear missile in Cuba to deter any future invasion
    attempt.
     US intelligence discovered evidence of general soviet arms built up on
    Cuba, including soviet IL- 28 bombers, during routine surveillance
    flights, and on September 4, 1962.
     Kennedy summoned his closest advisors to consider option and direct a
    course of action for the United States that would resolve the crisis
     Some advisors including all joint chiefs of staff argued for an air strike to
    destroy the missile followed by US.
     The president decided upon a middle course. On october 22 he ordered a
    naval “quarantine” of Cuba.
     That same day, kennedy send a letter to Khrushchev declaring that the US
    would not permit offensive weapon to be delivered to cuba and demanded
    that the soviet dismantle the missile base already under construction or
    completed and return all offensive weapons to the USSR.
     In exchange for a pledge from the US not to invade Cuba.
     In a separate deal which remained secret for more than 25 years. The US
    also agreed to remove its nuclear missile from turkey.
     Soviets were seen as retreating from a situation they had initiated.
     This led to criticism of Nikita Khrushchev- and was in past responsible
    for this fall from power two years later.
     The Cuban missile crisis lasted for thirteen days from the time john
    kennedy became aware of the situation to the announcement by Nikita
    Khrushchev- on radio Moscow that the missiles would be dismounted.

    Picture of Moscow’s real US blockade of Cartoon depicting US and USSR


    plan on the island of ships in cuba preparing for the worst in case
    cuba

    Effects of Cuban missile crisis


     The relations between the US and the Soviet Union were at most volatile
    than they have ever until that point
     The main effect of this crisis was to scare both sides into being more
    cautious.
     Both sides realized that they had come very close to war over the issue
    and they realized that such a war had to be avoided
     The world come to know the meaning of cold war.
     In the end the Soviet Union emerged victorious, Cuba was rescued from
    an invasion by the US.

    Soviet Union missile Cuba caught in Spanish misrule


    US blockade of soviet ships Soviet leader Khruschev using
    to cuba Cuba to threaten the US

    Leaders of Cuban missile crisis


    1) John F. Kennedy
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to
    by his initials JFK and by the nickname Jack, was an American politician who
    served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination
    in 1963. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and
    the youngest president at the end of his tenure. Kennedy served at the height of
    the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the
    Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both
    houses of the U.S. Congress prior to his presidency.
    2) Nikita Khrushchev
    Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April1894 – 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary
    of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's
    Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist
    world with his denunciation of his predecessor Joseph Stalin's crimes, and embarked on a
    policy of de-Stalinization with his key ally Anastas Mikoyan. He sponsored the early Soviet
    space program and the enactment of moderate reforms in domestic policy. After some false
    starts, and a narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations
    with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions. In 1964, the Kremlin leadership stripped
    him of power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as
    Premier.

    3) Fidel Castro

    Fidel Alejandro Castro (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary
    and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011, serving as the prime minister
    of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–
    Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of
    Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist
    state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented
    throughout society.
    Ending of the Cuban missile crisis
     On October 28 Khrushchev captivated, informing Kennedy that work on
    the missile sites would be halted and that missiles already in Cuba would
    be returned to the Soviet Union
     In return Kennedy committed the United States to never invading Cuba
     Kennedy also secretly promised to withdraw the nuclear-armed missiles
    that the United States had stationed in turkey in previous year
     In the following weeks both superpowers began fulfilling their promises
    and the crisis was over by late November
     Cuba’s communist leader Fidel Castro was infuriated by the soviet’s
    retreat in face of US but was powerless to act

    Learning outcomes
     Lessons of the crisis include importance of through, objective intelligence
    analysis, and communicating effectively with opponent
     In a democracy, the need for board public support to engage in a
    dangerous confrontation can have lasting unintended foreign policy
    consequences. One example is foreign policy tunnel vision can last for
    generations because of “accepted truth” trumpeted to justify the
    confrontation
     As a conflict develops minor actor plays the biggest role
     Flexible and varied military force, including a strong navy, gives policy
    makers a wide range of response options.

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