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Jay Cook 11/20/06
Prof. Goldman History 17B
The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a political confrontation during the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union regarding the building of installations to house intermediate nuclear missiles in Cuba.
According to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs, in May 1962 he conceived the idea of placing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba as a means of countering an emerging lead of the United States in developing and deploying strategic missiles. The United States had a decided advantage over the Soviet Union in the years leading up to the crisis. He also felt this was a means of protecting Cuba from another United States-sponsored invasion, such as the failed attempt at the Bay of Pigs in 1961.
After obtaining Fidel Castro's approval, the Soviet Union worked quickly to build missile installations in Cuba, maintaining as much secrecy as possible. Many Soviet ships were already en......

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