Cuban Missile Crisis - Revision history

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	The '''Cuban Missile Crisis''' was a [[Cold War]]-era confrontation between the [[United States of America\|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] that lasted between October 16 to 29, 1962. The confrontation is considered the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War.		The '''Cuban Missile Crisis''' was a [[Cold War]]-era confrontation between the [[United States of America\|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] that lasted between October 16 to 29, 1962. The confrontation is considered the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War.

	Following the unsuccessful [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] a year-and-a-half earlier, [[Fidel Castro]] asked [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to place SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles in [[Cuba]] as a precaution against Statesian imperialism. Although this request was initially denied, Khrushchev eventually relented and in May 1962, against the misgivings of Soviet Ambassador to Cuba [[Alexandr Alexeyev]], 162 missiles were set up in Cuba. Statesian President [[John F. Kennedy]] was informed of the missiles on October 16 and five days later, ordered a naval blockade on Cuba. The crisis ended on October 29 after the United States agreed to remove 15 ~~Juniper~~ missiles from [[Turkey]] and [[Italy]].		Following the unsuccessful [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] a year-and-a-half earlier, [[Fidel Castro]] asked [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to place SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles in [[Cuba]] as a precaution against Statesian imperialism. Although this request was initially denied, Khrushchev eventually relented and in May 1962, against the misgivings of Soviet Ambassador to Cuba [[Alexandr Alexeyev]], 162 missiles were set up in Cuba. Statesian President [[John F. Kennedy]] was informed of the missiles on October 16 and five days later, ordered a naval blockade on Cuba. The crisis ended on October 29 after the United States agreed to remove 15 Jupiter missiles from [[Turkey]] and [[Italy]].

	Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].		Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].
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	Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].		Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].
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			[[File:Cartoon-Cuban-Missile-Crisis.jpg\|thumb\|A political cartoon depicting [[Nikita Khrushchev\|Khrushchev]] and [[John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]] during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962]]
	The '''Cuban Missile Crisis''' was a [[Cold War]]-era confrontation between the [[United States of America\|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] that lasted between October 16 to 29, 1962. The confrontation is considered the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War.		The '''Cuban Missile Crisis''' was a [[Cold War]]-era confrontation between the [[United States of America\|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] that lasted between October 16 to 29, 1962. The confrontation is considered the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War.

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	The '''Cuban Missile Crisis''' was a [[Cold War]]-era confrontation between the [[United States of America\|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] that lasted between October 16 to 29, 1962. The confrontation is considered the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War.		The '''Cuban Missile Crisis''' was a [[Cold War]]-era confrontation between the [[United States of America\|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] that lasted between October 16 to 29, 1962. The confrontation is considered the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War.

	Following the unsuccessful [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] a year-and-a-half earlier, [[Fidel Castro]] asked [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to place SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles in [[Cuba]] as a precaution against Statesian imperialism. Although this request was initially denied, Khrushchev eventually relented and in May 1962, against the misgivings of Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Alexandr Alexeyev, 162 missiles were set up in Cuba. Statesian President [[John F. Kennedy]] was informed of the missiles on October 16 and five days later, ordered a naval blockade on Cuba. The crisis ended on October 29 after the United States agreed to remove 15 Juniper missiles from Turkey and Italy.		Following the unsuccessful [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] a year-and-a-half earlier, [[Fidel Castro]] asked [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to place SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles in [[Cuba]] as a precaution against Statesian imperialism. Although this request was initially denied, Khrushchev eventually relented and in May 1962, against the misgivings of Soviet Ambassador to Cuba [[Alexandr Alexeyev]], 162 missiles were set up in Cuba. Statesian President [[John F. Kennedy]] was informed of the missiles on October 16 and five days later, ordered a naval blockade on Cuba. The crisis ended on October 29 after the United States agreed to remove 15 Juniper missiles from [[Turkey]] and [[Italy]].

	Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].		Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].
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	Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].		Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|until its overthrow in 1991]].
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The '''Cuban Missile Crisis''' was a [[Cold War]]-era confrontation between the [[United States of America|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] that lasted between October 16 to 29, 1962. The confrontation is considered the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War.

Following the unsuccessful [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] a year-and-a-half earlier, [[Fidel Castro]] asked [[Nikita Khrushchev]] to place SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles in [[Cuba]] as a precaution against Statesian imperialism. Although this request was initially denied, Khrushchev eventually relented and in May 1962, against the misgivings of Soviet Ambassador to Cuba Alexandr Alexeyev, 162 missiles were set up in Cuba. Statesian President [[John F. Kennedy]] was informed of the missiles on October 16 and five days later, ordered a naval blockade on Cuba. The crisis ended on October 29 after the United States agreed to remove 15 Juniper missiles from Turkey and Italy.

Castro saw the compromise as a betrayal by the Soviets and this prompted him to join the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] later that year. Despite this, Cuba continued to receive aid from the Soviet Union [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union|until its overthrow in 1991]].