"the cuban missile crisis" 2500 words detailed analysis of the cuban missile crisis 1962, including long and short term causes, the crisis itself, and the long and short term consequences

The Cuban Missile Crisis Jack Mitchell In October of 1962, the Cold War between the USA and the USSR, which had existed since the end of World War Two, climaxed when the USA discovered Soviet supplied nuclear missile bases on the Caribbean island of Cuba, a mere 90 miles from US coastline. What followed was the Cuban Missile Crisis, a political arm wrestle between the two superpowers of the world that lasted fourteen days and brought the …

…The Crisis was the main factor behind the period of Détente that existed from the late 1960's until 1979, and its repercussions are still being felt today. It revealed to the world the dangers of nuclear weaponry and the very real possibility of nuclear war, as well as the need for a more rational approach to international diplomacy than the one that had existed since the beginning of the Cold War in 1945.