The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
American’s supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban revolution in 1959
Fidel Castro took over
Alligned with the Soviets
The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba)
1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba (Noticed by U2 spy planes)
The US had 3 options:
•Diplomatic solution (negotiated settlement)
•A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
•A naval blockade
Robert Kennedy, attorney general, convinced Security Council to go with blockade
Ships turn around at the quarantine
2 Letters sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
Brinkmanship (pushing dangerous events to the verge of disaster) 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
Fidel Castro took over
Alligned with the Soviets
The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba)
1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba (Noticed by U2 spy planes)
The US had 3 options:
•Diplomatic solution (negotiated settlement)
•A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
•A naval blockade
Robert Kennedy, attorney general, convinced Security Council to go with blockade
Ships turn around at the quarantine
2 Letters sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
Brinkmanship (pushing dangerous events to the verge of disaster) 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