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U3: C3- Cuban Missile Crisis - Coggle Diagram
U3: C3- Cuban Missile Crisis
Lead up to CMC
What is Cuba's significance to USA?
Strategic Location
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Gateway into Caribbean Islands
Economic interests
Heavy investments in sugar and tobacco
Cubans disliked this: tied them heavily to world economy
Tensions between USA and Cuba
US's Political intervention in Cuba
To protect US's interests, puppet presidents installed, like Batista
Cuban Revolution
1/1/1959, Batista fled and Castro came to power
Cuba's new policies
Seeking new markets for Cuban sugar (USSR, China)
Land Reform Law (May 1959)
US retaliation against Cuba
Economic Pressure
Reduced Cuban Sugar Quota (USSR+ China bought surplus)
Pressurise Cuban companies against processing Soviet oil (Cuba nationalised all companies)
Bay of Pigs
17/4/1961, CIA trained rebels invaded Cuba
Subdued in 3 days, FAILED
Operation Mongoose
Assasinate key political leaders and sabotage major companies
Extended all the way to 1980s, FAILURE
Cuba's formal alliance with USSR
1/5/1961, declared Cuba communist
Actual CMC
Go read urself >:(
Aftermath of CMC
USSR and USA agreed on terms, effectively ending CMC
Seek a peaceful existence
Moscow-Washington Hotline to prevent more miscommunication
Limited Test ban treaty (1st step to disarmament)
Marked a beginning of a thaw btwn 2 superpowers