Cuban Missile Crisis
The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis causes
The Cuban RevolutionThe Bay of Pigs DisasterThe arms raceThe discovery of Soviet missiles in CubaAmerica's naval blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis outcomes
Cuba remained communist and highly armed though the Soviet missiles were removed under UN supervision, Khrushchev had saved the communist regime in Cuba from invasion by the USA, and had negotiated a deal with the USA on the removal of their Jupiter missiles in Turkey
M.A.D
mutual assured destruction, principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack such that both the attacker and the defender would be annihilated
Foreign Policy
a government's strategy in dealing with other nations
Truman Doctrine
1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
Marshall Plan
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
Warsaw Pact
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries
Arms Race
Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
Brinkmanship
A policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression (pushing them to the brink)
Detente
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis contribute to detente?
détente, period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979. The era was a time of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) treaties.
The Cold War
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. 12 Mar 1947 - 26 Dec 1991
Krushchev
Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall
Krushchev Quotes
But if challenged, we shall fight to the death to preserve it"."You shall not bury us and we shall not bury you.""the more the two of us pull, the tighter that knot will be tied.
Kennedy Quotes
offensive military base of significant capacity for the Soviet Union""this country will do whatever must be done to protect its own""full retaliatory response
Salami Tactics
a divide and conquer process of threats and alliances used to overcome opposition, 'one slice at a time'.