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Essay on Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the few times that the 'rules' of the Cold War were practically elapsed. Berlin, Korea, Hungary and Suez the 'rules' had been followed. However in Cuba this broke down and the Cuban Missile Crisis was the only time when 'hot war' could have broken out. Cuban Missile Crisis, main conflict between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that occurred in 1962 over the matter of Soviet-supplied missile installations in Cuba. Regarded by a lot of as the worlds nearby loom to nuclear war, the disaster began when the United States discovered that Cuba had secretly installed Soviet missiles able to carry nuclear weapons.
The missiles were capable of hitting targets across most of the United States. The discovery led to a tense standoff of several days as the United States imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and demanded that the USSR remove the missiles. The crisis was the culmination of growing tension between the United States and Cuba following the Cuban Revolution of 1959. The revolution ousted Cuba’s dictator, Fulgencio Batista and brought to power a government headed by Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
Before the upheaval, the United States had had major control in Cuba’s monetary and political associations, but the Castro government refused to be influenced by the United States. Castro also caused apprehension in the United States when he confiscated property belonging to wealthy Cubans and foreigners in an attempt to implement policies to improve conditions for poor and working-class Cubans. Many of these properties belonged to businesses owned by U.S. companies. Fearing that Castro would establish a Communist regime in Cuba, the United States applied economic pressure, and in 1960 implemented an embargo that cut off trade between the United States and Cuba. Castro refused to give in to the pressure......
