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Stabilised the Cold War
Destabilised superpower relations
Cuba
arms deterrent
respected spheres
superpower co-op
prevented direct nuclear conflict
Hungary 1956
results of Cuba
US brinkmanship
economic cost
secrecy of the arms race
Massive Retaliation policy
to the brink of war in Cuba
Khrushchev became tougher in talks
prompted use of cheaper, short range missiles in Cuba over long range ones in USSR
unknown leader/fear of inferiority
1959 Castro in power
US relations worsen
Castro met Nixon 1959
Castro nationalised US businesses in Cuba
petrol + sugar trade ended by US
Nixon decides he is communist
Cuba increase dependance on USSR
USSR buys Cuban sugar and sells them petrol
1961 Cuba becomes officially communist
exiled Cubans invade Bay of Pigs and humiliated
Castro enters USSR defence deal
1962 nuclear weapons in Cuba
US ships form blockade around Cuba
Khrushchev proposes to remove nuclear weapons if US removes theirs from Turkey and pledge to never invade Cuba
Kennedy publicly pledges not to invade
plus secret pledge to remove Turkey missiles
Results
Hot Line 1963
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963
allowed underground tests
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- Shows the course of the arms race and the impact upon Cold War superpower relations, including the events and results of the Cuban missile crisis.
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- Created by monkstom · Jun 5, 2015
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