The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
"We went Eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked"
-American's Supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban revolution in 1959
-Fidel Castro took over
-Aligned with the Soviets
-The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba)
-1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba (Noticed by U2 spy planes)
The Crisis
-The US had 3 options:
-Diplomatic Solution (Negotiated settlement)
- A conventional attack (Air attack followed by invasion)
-A Naval blockade
-Robert Kennedy, Attorney general, convinced security council to go with blockade
-ships turn around at the quarantine
-2 Letters sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
-Brinkmanship ensues (U.N. gets involved)
-Directly resulted in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
-Hotline
"We went Eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked"
-American's Supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban revolution in 1959
-Fidel Castro took over
-Aligned with the Soviets
-The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba)
-1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba (Noticed by U2 spy planes)
The Crisis
-The US had 3 options:
-Diplomatic Solution (Negotiated settlement)
- A conventional attack (Air attack followed by invasion)
-A Naval blockade
-Robert Kennedy, Attorney general, convinced security council to go with blockade
-ships turn around at the quarantine
-2 Letters sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
-Brinkmanship ensues (U.N. gets involved)
-Directly resulted in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
-Hotline