Describe the key features of the Cuban missile crisis
In this essay I will be describing the many key features of the Cuban missile crisis and how they affected the crisis in the USA and the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, which almost resulted in the destruction of the world in a nuclear war.
The whole crisis centring on Cuba grew from late 1959/early 1960 when the old government in Cuba run by Fulgencio Batista was overthrown and Fidel Castro took control. This was a slight blow to the USA but things turned sour when the US refused Cuba’s ask for money to help build up their economy. The Cubans then signed an agreement with the Soviets meaning that the Soviet Union bought 1 million tonnes of Cuban sugar every year, this closely linked the countries together and within a month Castro had nationalised all business and property in Cuba. This friendship scared the Americans because now their enemies had allies right on their doorstep.
