AMH-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Fidel Castro, Nuclear Warfare, Highly Questionable
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Quick history: mckinley fought war against spain and we got cuba, for the next 50 years, cuba is ruled by pro-american dictators, this continues until eisenhower, there is then a revolt against the cuban dictatorship. He then establishes an authoritarian, single party state. There is now a hostile nation less than 200 miles from the us (miami: eisenhower is blamed for losing cuba. Castro(cid:859)s people are (cid:449)aiti(cid:374)g (cid:449)here the us is goi(cid:374)g to se(cid:374)d the cu(cid:271)a(cid:374)s i(cid:374) Most of the cubans sent in are killed. Kennedy orders us air force to stand down. This is embarrassing for kennedy a botched plan. Us publicly agrees to never invade cuba. Led by ngo dienh diem: does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e i(cid:374) fair ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s, (cid:272)ares (cid:373)ore a(cid:271)out (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g power, but, he supports the us and its interest, he is against communism, thus, he/s. Neither government can send troops within 3 miles of this zone. Ke(cid:374)(cid:374)ed(cid:455)(cid:859)s ole: during his presidency, diem is getting less and less popular.
