The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
American's supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban Revolution in 1959
Fidel Castro took over
Aligned with the Soviets
The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba) (Counter Revolution Failed)
1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons in Cuba ( U-2 spy plane)
The Crisis
The US had 3 options:
-Diplomatic solution (negotiate settlement)
-A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
-A naval blockade
-Robert Kennedy, attorney general convinced Security Council to go with blockade
-2 letters are sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
-Brinkmanship ensues ( U.N. gets involved )
-Russians pull out of Cuba in exchange for a removal of missiles in Turkey at a later date
-Directly resulted in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
-The creation of the "Hot line" phone line between US president and Soviet leader
Subjunctive question: If the
Fidel Castro took over
Aligned with the Soviets
The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba) (Counter Revolution Failed)
1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons in Cuba ( U-2 spy plane)
The Crisis
The US had 3 options:
-Diplomatic solution (negotiate settlement)
-A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
-A naval blockade
-Robert Kennedy, attorney general convinced Security Council to go with blockade
-2 letters are sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
-Brinkmanship ensues ( U.N. gets involved )
-Russians pull out of Cuba in exchange for a removal of missiles in Turkey at a later date
-Directly resulted in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
-The creation of the "Hot line" phone line between US president and Soviet leader
Subjunctive question: If the