Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union closer to nuclear war than perhaps any other incident in the Cold War (1946– 1991). ...
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Articles, Letters, and Memos
White House Memo to News Editors (1962)
Commentary
This document, issued after the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, illustrates how the executive branch of the United...
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The Cold War
The second world war left the United States and the Soviet Union economically, politically, and emotionally disinclined to face another world war. Both Countries were now the most power...
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The Cold War 1950-1975
--Was the Cuban missile crisis a success for containment"--
"Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread ... and we weren't counting days or hours, but minutes."
-Soviet Ge...
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Criterion A: Plan of Investigation
The investigation assesses to what extent was Robert Kennedy's role significant in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. In order to appraise the significance of Kenne...
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In October of 1962, Bill Doman was living the American dream in Salt Lake City Utah. He had a wife, three small children and a steady job. He had recently graduated from the University of Utah and was...
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At the end of the forties, the tension between the two main powers, USA and USSR, reached very high levels. It was the start of the so-called "Cold War."
The most acute phase of the cold war was dete...
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Cuba, located 90miles of the coast of Florida had overthrown Batista in the revolution of 1958 and replaced him with the popular Fidel Castro. Castro's slogans of freedom and national pride sounded ...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most difficult thirteen days in American history. During October of 1962, President John F. Kennedy made a choice regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis that affected the...
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In 1962, the world experienced a threat so real, so dangerous, and so deadly, that many believed Armageddon was approaching. The Cuban Missile Crisis was undoubtedly the closest the world has come to...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a crucial test for Truman's Containment policy. Cuba had been previously USA allied and ruled by dictator Batista; however the communist takeover in 1959 by Fidel Castro h...
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The Cuban missile crisis was one of the most riveting and stressful times of the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union, two world superpowers, came close to nuclear war. The United States i...
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What did Kennedy gain from the crisis"
After Kennedy found a good and acceptable solution for both sides, he gained a lot of respect in the West and even in the West. In his own country, the United S...
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Robert F. Kennedy's chilling account of his experiences with his brother, President John F. Kennedy over thirteen days in October of 1962 give an idea to the reader of just how alarmingly close our co...
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After the United States invaded Cuba at Bay of Pigs, the Soviet Union, forced to protect its only stronghold in the Americas, sent several missiles to Cuba to offset the power of the United States. F...
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Cuban Missile Crisis
