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Running head: NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION 1

Nuclear Confrontation

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NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION 2

Introduction

It is essential to note that the Cuban Missile Crisis that took place in October the year

1962 was identified as direct as well as dangerous confrontation between the United States and

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union, during the

Cold War. It was a time when the two giants came closest to what can be described as nuclear

conflict. This crisis was unique in a couple of ways, and it, to a great extent, featured calculation

as well as miscalculations, including communications as well as miscommunications between

these two countries. It is proper to remember that the Cuban Missile Crisis started when the

USSR began to install nuclear missiles in Cuba (Getchell, 2018). However, the United States

was not ready to allow this to occur, and as such, it created a moment whereby America and the

USSR almost came to nuclear conflict during the Cold War. Therefore, this paper is focused on

discussing the perceptions, understandings as well as assumptions that each of these nations had

about the other during this dangerous confrontation of the Cold War.

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War

Before this crisis took place, the America government had tried to overthrow Fidel Castro

as well as the current government of Cuba with what came to be known as the Bay of Pigs

invasion. However, it is proper to realize that the invasion did not succeed, but it sent a warning

to Fidel Castro. The Soviet Union had a firm understanding of the intentions of the United States

of striking Moscow, the capital city of the USSR. This was primarily because the American

government had taken the step of installing or in other words, setting nuclear missile sites in

Turkey as well as Italy with the aim of striking and destroying Moscow (Arnold, & Wiener,

2012). Such an approach made the Soviet Union look for a way or in other words, an action that

could strike at the United States in return. Because the Cuban government desired for protection

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Running head: NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION Nuclear Confrontation Name Institutional Affiliation Date 1 NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION 2 Introduction It is essential to note that the Cuban Missile Crisis that took place in October the year 1962 was identified as direct as well as dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union, during the Cold War. It was a time when the two giants came closest to what can be described as nuclear conflict. This crisis was unique in a couple of ways, and it, to a great extent, featured calculation as well as miscalculations, including communications as well as miscommunications between these two countries. It is proper to remember that the Cuban Missile Crisis started when the USSR began to install nuclear missiles in Cuba (Getchell, 2018). However, the United States was not ready to allow this to occur, and as such, it created a moment whereby America and the USSR almost came to nuclear conflict during the Cold War. Therefore, this paper is focused on discussing the perceptions, understandings as well as assumptions that each of these nations had about the other during this dangerous confrontation of the Cold War. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War Before this crisis took place, the America government had tried to overthrow Fidel Castro as well as the current government of Cuba with what came to be known as the Bay of Pigs invasion. However, it is proper to reali ...
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