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A 6 page paper. The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 15, 1962 and ended 14 days later. It would be 8 days after the discovery of missile installations being constructed on the island of Cuba that the public would be advised and that the Soviet Union and Cuba would learn they had been discovered. This paper provides a basic background on this situation and the actions President Kennedy took to resolve it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: MM12_PGcubmi.rtf
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Crisis was the closest the world had come to nuclear war to that point in history. The Soviet military commanders were ready to launch nuclear weapons in their quest to
defend Cuba and the armed forces of the United States was at its highest state of readiness (ThinkQuest, 1997). It was a crisis that lasted for thirteen days beginning
on October 15, 1962 (ThinkQuest, 1997). The situation began long before then, however. In April, 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev decided to locate intermediate-range missiles Cuba for the sole
reason that the missiles would then be in range to launch against the United States (ThinkQuest, 1997). At the same time, Fidel Castro was searching for some way
to protect his country from any further attacks from the United States (ThinkQuest, 1997). As a result of the Bay of Pigs in April 1961, a CIA operation that
attempted to overthrow Castro and the spread of communism only 90 miles from U.S. borders (Weiner, 1998). The event took place only three months after Kennedy took office as President
(Weiner, 1998). The President was misinformed about the situation, which was why he approved it (Weiner, 1998). (These facts may be verified in the CIAs own records.) At
the last minute, Kennedy called off the air strikes but that message did not reach the more than 1,500 commandos already on their way to Cuba (Weiner, 1998). After three
days in battle, the American forces were overcome by the defending forces (Weiner, 1998). Only 26 American troops would eventually be saved from the waters of the Atlantic (Weiner, 1998).
Reports would subsequently place the blame for the failed operation squarely on the shoulders of the CIA and its incompetence in that action (Weiner, 1998). Thus, Castro had good
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