The Cuban Missile Crisis was a key confrontation in between the United States of America (U.S.A) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R). This big confrontation was in 1962 more than the challenge of Soviet supplied missile installations in Cuba. Regarded as the world’s closest approach to a nuclear war, the Cuban Missile Crisis was a short encounter throughout the Cold War in which the United States, Cuba, and the Soviet Union were engaged in a potentially hazardous confrontation that could have led to a deadly nuclear war, nevertheless, the bravery of the leaders led to negotiations that avoided such a conflict and they took actions to keep away from a achievable war between the two superpowers. Even even though the Cuban Missile Crisis was a short thirteen-day period, the situation was quite edgy and the leaders had to make clever and calm decisions to stay clear of the conflict.
The crisis was a result of the growing tension in between the United States and Cuba following the Cuban Revolution of 1959. This revolution brought to power Fidel Castro who then brought in Communism. The United States was stunned by the new communist nation merely ninety miles from its borders. The Americans did not want any communist government close to its borders, so they applied financial stress on Cuba to make Cuba weak and try to topple the communist government. Realizing that the United States had significant influence in Cuba’s financial and political affairs, Castro’s government refused to be influenced by the United States. Later in 1960, the United States implemented an embargo that cut off trade. Following this Castro nonetheless refused to give in to the pressure and responded by establishing closer relations with the communist government of the Soviet Union. In the course of this time the United States was also involved in a Cold War with the Soviet Union. This was an economic, military, and diplomatic struggle between communist and capitalistic nations. The United States, nonetheless, nevertheless did not give up attempting to topple Castro’s government. The United States also educated an army of anti-Castro exiles living in the United States to go and attack Cuba. This was known as the Bay of Pigs invasion. Even though Castro’s army won easily, the Cubans had been particular that the United States would not give up and will try to invade Cuba once again. Cuba knew that if it tried to protect itself from the Americans it would loose, so they necessary support…