Diplomacy That Stopped World War III from Happening; Kennedy vs. Khrushchev in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Monday, December 17, 2012
Overview (Thesis)
In October of 1962, the U.S.S.R. placed missiles in Cuba, because they felt threatened by missiles the United States government had placed in Turkey. Through negotiations the United States and the U.S.S.R. successfully achieved diplomacy, which prevented a nuclear war. Consequently, the next year the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed and which led to the start of the end of the Cold War.
The Background that Built Up to the Cause
President Truman |
The Cause to Why the Crisis Happened
U2 Plane |
Diplomacy that was Used
Khrushchev |
Kennedy |
Immediate Impact
Missile Sites in Turkey |
The United States succeeded in getting nuclear weapons removed from Cuba, but it failed to remove Cuba’s Communist dictatorship. The U.S.S.R. succeeded in getting the U.S. to promise not to invade Cuba and to remove missiles from Turkey. However, Kennedy consequently made the U.S.S.R. look bad to the world because they secretly took missiles out of Turkey while the Soviets removed their missiles publicly. That dichotomy gave the impression that the U.S. was not the one trying to destroy the world’s peace, but the U.S.S.R. was the threat to global safety.
Long Term Effects
On August 5th, 1963 the United States, along with several other nations, signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty which stated that nuclear testing would no longer be allowed. This gave the world a glimmer of a chance that a nuclear war would be less of a worry in the future.
Kennedy Signing The Test Ban Treaty |
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