The Cold war and the Cuban missile crisis

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/16/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

The Cold War.
1. The characteristics of the Cold War.
2. Understanding the Cold War.
3. The weapons race as a dynamic race in the Cold War.
4. Decolonisation during the Cold War.
The Cuban missiles crisis.
1. Unleashing of the CIA operation.
2. Coming of John F. Kennedy to power.
3. These important considerations during the crisis.
4. Reasons why Americans could not stay for 3 basic reasons.
5. Khrushchev's initial response.
6. USA's hostility and reasons for hostility.
Conclusion.
Indicative bibliography.

Abstract

Understanding the cold war, it is central to understand the history of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Between 1945 and 1991, there were lots of casualties in more than 100 wars that took place in the 3rd World in that period. Moreover, most of the crisis that threatened to escalate into a nuclear war occurred in the 3rd World. Far reaching and long lasting, the cold war gave rise to a multitude of often conflicting interpretations, regarding responsibilities for its outbreak, its persistence and its final demise. Almost all of these interpretations were shaped by the on-going cold war and many were profoundly political; the positions they argued were part of contemporary political as well as scholarly debates. The end of the cold war and the limited opening archives in the former Soviet Union and its allies had not ended these debates. However, it is now possible to ask new questions about responsibilities in controversies about the persistence of the cold war. David Painter focuses on the interactions on international systemic factors and national policies and politics, taking into account all events all over the world.