Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union, Cold War, foreign policy, United States, J.F. Kennedy, nuclear war, thermonuclear war, Warsaw Pact, NATO, peaceful coexistence, Cuba, ballistic missiles, quarantine policy, non-aggression pact, Soviet premier, Communist Party, Supreme Soviet, international relations, global security, crisis management, geopolitical tensions, Soviet-American relations, disarmament, international diplomacy, Cold War politics, nuclear deterrence, Soviet military strategy, US-Cuba relations, Khrushchev report, 1962 Cuban crisis, Soviet decision-making, international crisis, global governance, world peace, Soviet foreign policy, US foreign policy, international conflict resolution
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Analysis of Nikita Khrushchev's 1962 speech defending his foreign policy and withdrawal from Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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A Critique of American Policy
The Soviet Response
A Peace Accord
A Critique of American Policy
The Soviet Response
A Peace Accord
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[...] According to Nikita Khrushchev, c'was peace and only this last one motivated him. The Cuban missile crisis is thus the 'victory of reason », and « a successis the cause of peace ». It was thus the Soviet success within this Cold War that, after this episode, put the concept of 'peaceful coexistence' to the test. This troubled period was followed by a relaxation, the 'd'détente, between the two superpowers that will continue to oppose each other through various localized conflictss. [...]
[...] Critical Study of an Excerpt from Nikita Khrushchev's Report on the 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis The document submitted to our study is taken from the speech held by the former Soviet General Secretary regarding the crisis that is now called 'the Cuban Missile Crisis' ». Thus, through this speech of great importance intended for Soviet dignitaries, Nikita Khrushchev explains his positions vis-à-vis the rival power, the United States. From then on, how the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was able to defend his foreign policy and especially his withdrawal from Cuba? [...]
[...] Nikita Khrushchev, foreseeing the future nuclear war, sends a message to President J.F. Kennedy proposing an agreement that would suit both parties. In fact, if the United States, engaged not to invade Cuba - in the end, not to attempt on F. Castro's life the Soviet government would commit itself to withdrawing the so-called offensive weapons from the island. The United States accepted to lift the quarantine against Cuba, and gave guarantees of non-aggression by the American government and their Western allies. [...]
[...] Thus, the United States through President J.F. Kennedy were the instigators of the missile crisisof Cuba through a brutal foreign policy towards Cuba, as well as the entire world. From then on, the former Soviet first secretary had no other choice but to reply by taking 'appropriate measures'». The rThe Soviet response was therefore made, first, by sending a submarine (atomic) fleet and gathering the armed forces of the member states of the Warsaw Pact1. On October that is, the day of the 'quarantine' » of theisland situationwas 212km south of Florida, the Soviet authorities urged the US government and took defensive measures. [...]
