summary of the events and outcomes during the Cuban Missile Crisis

1. Cuban Missile Crisis

5. CAUSES OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

6. Soviet Insecurity The U.S had missiles 150 miles from the USSR KRUSHCHEV= FELT THREATEND BY THIS FACT AND THOUGHT THAT HAVING MISSILES IN CUBA WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE… "Why shouldn't the Soviet Union have the right to do the same as America?" -Nikita Khrushchev

7. Fear of U.S invasion The Castro government feared U.S invasion and joined forces with the Soviets to prevent that happening "If I had been a Cuban leader at that time, I might well have concluded that there was a great risk of U.S. invasion." - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defence

8. Cuba became a pawn in the war between the Soviets and the Americans

10. outcomes The groundwork was set up for anti-nuclear weapon Treaties resulting in the Nuclear test ban treaty America promised not to invade Cuba Better communications were set up between the Soviets and the U.S with a permanent hotline direct from the Kremlin to the White House