The Cuban Missile Crisis: Cold War Confrontation

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Cold War Confrontation

Welcome to this learning session on The Cuban Missile Crisis: Cold War Confrontation In this course we shall address:Introduction to the Cuban Missile CrisisKhrushchev's Strategic RationaleUS Missile Superiority and PerceptionsCastro's Motivation for Soviet AidUS Public Panic and FearsKennedy's Dilemma and ResponseEscalation to DEFCON 3The Thirteen Days: Timeline of CrisisThe Secret Deal and ResolutionAftermath and Lessons LearnedImpact on Cold War DynamicsLegacy of the CrisisThere will be a qui...