The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- American's supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban revolution in 1959
- Fidel Castro took over
- Aligned 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)
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The Crisis
- Us had three options:
- Diplomatic solution (negotiated settlement)
- A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
- A naval blockade
- b convinced Security Council to go with blockade
- 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 the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
Summary
Fidel Castro took over power in Cuba and joined with the soviets. Soon the soviets tried to put nuclear weapons in Cuba which reall worried the US because they are so close