2 Cuban Missile Crisis Notes 3
2 Cuban Missile Crisis Notes 3
2 Cuban Missile Crisis Notes 3
Walsh
347-352
Cuba is an island 100 miles (160KM) away from Florida in the USA.
It had been an ally of the USA for a long time. The Cuban ruler until 1959 was Batista; he
was a
Until
1959
The
there
Communism in Cuba
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Arguments for
Arguments against
JFK
Khrushchev
Khrushchevs terms
5. 28 Oct: Khrushchev agrees to remove missiles
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Why did Russia put missiles on Cuba? (i) to test JFK; (ii) to bargain [get US missiles out
of Turkey]; (iii) to even out the arms race [US had bases next to Russia from which it could
attack Russia before Russia had a chance to respond]; (iv) to defend Cuba
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The
outcome
removed
Containment failed to stop Communism - 2 yrs later he lost his job as Soviet
arriving in the Americas
leader