Resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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This paper assesses the factors, events and personalities that brought about the monumental crises in international affairs of the Cuban missile crisis. It discusses the involvement of the United States, the Soviet Union and Cuba and then looks at the factors that brought about the end of the crisis. The paper further describes the roles of US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and the issues of power politics and international relations, and their part in the resolutions.

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"In conclusion, the Cuban missile crisis stands alone as a pivotal point where the world looked nuclear war in the face. At no other point before or since as a nuclear exchange seemed so likely. The consequences of the crisis were substantial. For the first time a 'hotline' was established between Moscow and Washington so that senior leaders could talk directly to one another in times of crisis. Furthermore, the crisis over Cuba led to greater understanding between the two superpowers. Although the Cold War continued, 1963 saw the first bi lateral treaty on Nuclear Testing. This was followed over coming years by further international agreements to limit the expansion of both conventional and nuclear armaments; a climate of relative understanding that was to remain intact until the 1980s."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ambrose, Stephen and Brinkley, Douglas. "Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938" New York: Penguin, 1993.
• LaFeber, Walter. "America, Russia and the Cold War: 1945-1990" New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991.
• White, Mark, J. "The Cuban Missile Crisis" Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1996.
• Zelikov, Phillip and May Ernest. "The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the Whitehouse during the Cuban Missile Crisis" Mass, Harvard, 1997.

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