ENGL 583 Lecture 10: Sans titre 10

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 583
• Professor: David Dolff

Document Summary

Missiles in cuba will give ussr a much more assured second-strike capability. The idea is if you know that the enemy has power you won"t attack them. Khrushchev promises jfk that he is not going to put nuclear missiles in cuba but does it anyway. This is legal on an international pov if he has the agreement of the cuban government, of course castro is happy with it. Khrushchev claimed he put the missiles in cuba to present them to the americans as a fait accompli. Kennedy finds out about it and his response is to blockade cuba. The chances of a nuclear war during this crisis was estimated at . 14th october : a u-2 overflight evidences of soviet missiles in cuba. Kennedy response is used as the way you should handle a crisis : he wants to be careful about how the public should learn about it.