HIS 1111 Lecture 3: At The Cuban Brink
22 Jan 2018
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Outline: background to the cmc, the cuban revolution, 13 days in october, outcomes of the cmc. The cuban missile crisis marked the culmination of a half decade of mounting us-soviet tensions as khrushchev challenged the usa and european colonialism on the world stage. In many ways 1957-1962 represents the climax of the cold war not only because of its emotional intensity but because we never came closer to a superpower conflict and nuclear exchange. Similarly, the lessons from the cmc would have a lasting impact on how the cold. War was fought, experience, and how the superpowers resolved their grievances. Preceding events: 1957 sputnik launch, taiwan straits crisis 1958, khrushchev at un, second berlin crisis 1960-61. The cuban revolution: pre-revolutionary cuba 1950s, colonial economy, us business interests, batista"s authoritarian rule, batista"s opposition, castro"s band, 1953 capture, 1956 landing objectives. February 14 2017: sierra maesta mountains, 1957 student assault of presidential palace, 1958 fall of santa clara.
