Cuban Missile Crisis
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos, Communism, Communists, Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Cold War
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Latin American History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Cuba
- Date: October 22-November 3, 1962
Article abstract: Military significance: The dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba came to a head, nearly causing a nuclear war.
Following the disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961, Cuban leader Fidel Castro moved politically closer to the Soviet Union to gain a measure of protection from the United States. Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev concluded that the United States would not immediately make another attempt to invade Cuba after the defeat of the Cuban exiles, so he and Castro worked out an agreement to erect...
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