The crisis ended when both superpowers agreed to dismantle their missiles at Turkey and Cuba. However, it was Khrushchev who sent the first message to the United States initiating a peace treaty. However, both countries were on the theory of ‘brinksmanship’, as they pushed the limit of each superpower to show superiority. However, because of pride, the situation escalated to nearly a full-scale nuclear war. However, is it the fault of one nation? In the point of the Soviets, it was “solely the purpose of contributing to the defense capabilities of Cuba”, however, from the US, they were “trying to safeguard their interest”. In retrospect, everyone was acting for their self-defense it the fault doesn’t entirely lie on any one Nation.

Thus, I conclude that the Communist were not overacting to the allied powers, but on the contrary, it was the misunderstanding and mistrust between nations which eventually led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Our group comprises of Shahid, Nicky and Edwin.

For this history blog, we will talking about the cold war and address the following question:

Did the Communists overreact to the Allied powers actions?

Our research focus would be mainly on:

The Berlin Blockade - Was Stalin too obsessed with blocking out the Americans from her sphere of influence?

The Korean War - Was USSR and China overly concerned when the American's fought back to regain their territory at the 38th parallel?

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Soviet Union's actions which aggravated their relationship and indirectly progressed the Cold War.

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The crisis ended when both superpowers agreed to dismantle their missiles at Turkey and Cuba. However, it was Khrushchev who sent the first message to the United States initiating a peace treaty. However, both countries were on the theory of ‘brinksmanship’, as they pushed the limit of each superpower to show superiority. However, because of pride, the situation escalated to nearly a full-scale nuclear war. However, is it the fault of one nation? In the point of the Soviets, it was “solely the purpose of contributing to the defense capabilities of Cuba”, however, from the US, they were “trying to safeguard their interest”. In retrospect, everyone was acting for their self-defense it the fault doesn’t entirely lie on any one Nation.

Thus, I conclude that the Communist were not overacting to the allied powers, but on the contrary, it was the misunderstanding and mistrust between nations which eventually led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Chester, Spencer, Martin Billy, Beverly, Dillon, Siong Gim Kang Raye, Shao Hao, Jonathan, Don

>the US perspective
>Cuban Missile Crisis- The Soviets' Perspective
>Beginnings of the Cuban Missile Crisis
>Kennedy's speech on CMC
>Cuban Missile Crisis as case study
>Research topic
>Our question would be: Did the USSR Communists ove...


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