Khrushchev's Involvement In The Cuban Missile Crisis

After the agreement was made between the United state and the Soviet and the United States assured not to attack or plot to overtake Cuba, The Soviet Union removed they missiles.

As stated by Betancourt, Khrushchev involvement in the Cuban missile crisis was a great risk to the Soviets and he suffer the shame of withdrawing his vessel carrying the nuclear missiles. He also states that Castro request was unreasonable and irresponsible in asking the Soviets for assistance since the request could have caused a nuclear war (Betancourt).

The conflict of the Cuban Missile Crisis was a power struggle between two world powers: The United State and The Soviet Union and Castro determination to power that nearly lead to World War III and the annihilation of humanity. After the failure of the CIA at the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, Fidel Castro asks the Soviet for assistance and proposed to the

Kennedy presidency was during the Cold War. Due to the ongoing global war he had requested an enormous stockpile of nuclear missiles, armaments, civil defense and a bomb shelter program (John F. Kennedy). According to the Historic World Leader article on John F, Kennedy the states that the war nearly occurred in October of 1962 when Kennedy confronted Khrushchev over the presence of missile sites in Cuba. John F Kennedy’s speech to the nation, he asserts “This government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere. ...” (Cuban missile crisis ultimatum oct. 22,