Cubban 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)
•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 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
•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 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 cuban missile crisis was bad. The USA ended up putting ships around one part of cuba.