By Laurie Collier Hillstrom

Offers clients with an in depth and authoritative evaluate of the Cuban Missile predicament, the 13-day disagreement among the us and the Soviet Union in October 1962 that introduced the area to the edge of nuclear warfare. comprises biographies of vital figures fascinated about this pivotal episode in U.S. heritage, fundamental resource files, and extra.

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Leaders knew that Batista’s regime was violent and corrupt, they still viewed him as a valuable Cold War ally. As a result, they provided weapons and military equipment to help him remain in power. While Batista, officials in his government, and foreign investors grew wealthy, however, ordinary Cuban citizens suffered. The Cuban people struggled with high rates of unemployment, poverty, and crime, as well as huge increases in drug trafficking and prostitution. Few of the tourists who visited Havana’s popular casinos, restaurants, and beaches were aware of the poor living conditions endured by most of the nation’s citizens.

Milwaukee Sentinel, October 23, 1960, p. A2. , and Philip D. Zelikow, eds. The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1997, p. 30. Quoted in Brubaker, Paul. The Cuban Missile Crisis in American History. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2001, p. 42. Quoted in Thrall, Nathan, and Jesse James Wilkins. ” New York Times, May 22, 2008. _r=0. S. … The geography books contained another flag, another color, but they did not represent an independent republic.

164). S. spy planes continued conducting surveillance flights over Cuba. Although the CIA experts could not yet confirm the presence of nuclear warheads, they knew that the Soviets had delivered between sixteen and thirty-two medium-range ballistic missiles to Cuba. With a range of more than one thousand miles, these missiles could reach most American cities within minutes of launch. S. security and put the lives of millions of Americans at risk. Knowing that some sort of action was required, the members of ExComm came up with four possibilities.

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