U.S.and ex-USSRRelationsDuring theCold WarCasestudy:TheCubanMissileCrisis
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ThepresentpaperexplorestherelationshipbetweenthetwosuperpowerstheUnitedStatesofAmericaandtheSovietUnionduringtheColdwartheUSandtheSovietUnion progressivelybuilt uptheir ownzonesof influence,dividingtheworld intotwoopposingcamps.TheColdWarwasthereforenotcompletelyastrugglebetweentheUSandtheUSSRbutaglobalconflictthataffectedmanycountries,particularlyintheEuropeancontinent,Asia,andSouthAmericawheretheconflictreacheditsclimaxexactlyinCuba(CubanMissileCrisis),because,in1959,CubabecameacommunistcountryandtheSovietssecretlydeployedmissilesthere.TheU.S.PresidentKennedywasscaredtheSovietUnionwouldattacktheUnitedStates.HeexpectedablockadeonCubawouldobligetheSovietUniontoremoveitsmissiles,whichunfortunatelydidnothappen.Forahostageof13days,nuclearwarseemedpossiblebutfortunately,throughtheeffortsofU.Nthemissilecrisishadbeensolvedfollowedbyagreementsinitsaftermath.