THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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The USA government believed the new government in Cuba was a right-wing dictatorship.
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The USA government feared strong ties between Communist Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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The USA government suspected the USSR had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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Th USA government wanted to acquire Cuba as a agricultural colony.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. The Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power.
Detailed explanation-2: -The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Responding to an indignant letter from Krushchev in which the Soviet leader threatened to defend Cuba with military force, Kennedy characterizes the invasion as the action of “Cuban patriots, ” rather than a military intervention by the United States. Washington, April 18, 1961.