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The causes and responses to what happened in the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cuban Missile CrisisCausesWho "Won"?There are many differentopinions but this is mineso please understandthat!USSRThey got rid of the Missiles in Cuba for theonly loss of some public image. It is wise topoint out that the USSR did not need toworry about this as much because of how it isrun. Public image was not so much an issuebecause any public uprising was just crushedwith force.I would therefore say that in thepublic image the USA won asthey were shown to beat theUSSR and to force it to backdown. However practically theUSSR won as for relatively lowcost they got rid of the Turkishmissiles.USAIt was made to look powerful as itforced the USSR to back down.This was the main thing for theUSA was to conserve publicimage as Kenedy had lost lots ofsupport after the Bay of Pigs.However, it lost the threat ofmissiles in Turkey.What happened?Your U2 spy planes have capturedphotographic evidence thatRussian nuclear missiles are beingplaced on Cuba. Your advisers saythat the sites could be ready tolaunch missiles in just seven days.Your spy planes have also reportedthat 20 Soviet ships are currentlyon their way to Cuba carryingmissiles.Khrushchev sends you a letter stating that Sovietships will break through the blockade. He also issuesa statement saying that the USSR is prepared touse nuclear weapons if the USA declares war onthem.Khrushchev sends you a letter saying thathe will withdraw the missiles from Cuba ifyou promise that the USA will neverinvade Cuba. The next day you receive asecond letter from Khrushchev. This onesays that he will remove the missiles fromCuba if you remove the American missilesfrom Turkey. On the same day an Americanspy plane is shot down over Cuba.The dotted line representswhat the response fromKennedy was to try and stopNuclear war and keep the USAlooking powerfulKennedy’s advisors can be split into twogroups. The ‘hawks’ and the ‘doves’. The‘hawks’ believed that a nuclear war wasinevitable and wanted Kennedy to go to war.The doves wanted him to do whatever he couldto avoid war. Kennedy went for a compromise.He decided to set up a naval blockade aroundCuba to prevent further missiles fromreaching the island.Kennedy stood his ground. He sent aletter telling Khrushchev that if hedid not turn his ships round andremove the missiles from Cuba thenthe USA would declare war.In public Kennedy said that he would not invadeCuba. In secret, his brother Robert told Khrushchevthat the missiles in Turkey would be removed.Khrushchev ordered his ships to turn around andreturn to the USSR. He ordered for the dismantlingof the missile sites on Cuba.Please read the attached file or findit in my area on Cuba and itsimportance before this one so that itmakes the most senseDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node