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    The document discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis from the perspective of John F. Kennedy and the United States. It describes how Kennedy convened an advisory panel called the Executive Committee (ExComm) to consider options for responding to the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba. ExComm included both hawks who wanted a military response and doves who wanted to avoid conflict. Kennedy ultimately decided on a blockade, or quarantine, of Cuba to delay further Soviet missiles from arriving while pursuing negotiations with the Soviets. The Soviets felt insecure about the number of nuclear weapons targeted at them from Western Europe and Turkey, and saw placing missiles in Cuba as a way to achieve nuclear parity. The Soviet Union also invested billions in Cuba's industry and provided military

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    The document discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis from the perspective of John F. Kennedy and the United States. It describes how Kennedy convened an advisory panel called the Executive Committee (ExComm) to consider options for responding to the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba. ExComm included both hawks who wanted a military response and doves who wanted to avoid conflict. Kennedy ultimately decided on a blockade, or quarantine, of Cuba to delay further Soviet missiles from arriving while pursuing negotiations with the Soviets. The Soviets felt insecure about the number of nuclear weapons targeted at them from Western Europe and Turkey, and saw placing missiles in Cuba as a way to achieve nuclear parity. The Soviet Union also invested billions in Cuba's industry and provided military

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    CUBAN CRISIS

    how did the us president respond the critical


    situation ans what were the outcomes for both?

    The difficulty of John F. Kennedy and the United States' answer


    President Kennedy convened a special advisory panel to consider possible possibilities within two days
    of the latest Cuban threat.
    The National Security Council's Executive Committee was given this designation (Executive Committee
    or ExComm).
    It was composed up of "hawks" who wanted to use force right away and "doves" who wanted to avoid
    a conflict.
    Following his discussions with ExComm, Kennedy was confronted with a number of alternatives for
    dealing with the Soviet danger in Cuba.
    Kennedy's final choice was to impose a US blockade on Cuba, dubbed a "quarantine zone" by Kennedy.
    This might delay the arrival of more Soviet missiles in Cuba, giving him more time to negotiate with
    the Soviets.
    Turkey had missiles aimed at the Soviet Union.
    why did ussr take interest in cuba?

    The defense of Cuba became a matter of prestige for the Soviet Union, and
    Khrushchev believed that the Americans would block all access to the island by
    sea or by air.
    why did ussr take want missiles in cuba?

    The Soviets had long felt uneasy about the number of nuclear weapons that
    were targeted at them from sites in Western Europe and Turkey, and they
    saw the deployment of missiles in Cuba as a way to level the playing field..
    how will soviet interest in cuba help its position?

    From 1976 to 1980, the Soviets invested US$1.7 billion on the construction and
    remodeling of Cuban factories and industry. Between 1981 and 1984 Cuba also
    received approximately US$750 million a year in Soviet military assistance.

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