What Were The Causes Of The Cuban Missile Crisis? Flashcards
Spanish American war 1898
Spanish occupation was oppressive and limited the growth of Cuban economy.
USA= ‘uncle Sam’ - paternalistic -liberation or imperialistic.
More interventionist
Cuba was the usa’s …..
Back yard
Outcome of the Spanish American war
Cuba was independent but allowed the USA a degree of control
Maintain military bases such as Guantanamo bay
Control over Cuba’s international relations ‘right to intervene’
Considerable us economic interests -hotels, casinos, tourism and sugar
American organised crime with us mafias using Havana for smuggling routes and laundering money.
The 1929 Wall Street crash led to…
Collapse in sugar prices and triggered the the 1933 revolution and 1940 coup
Who was elected after the coup?
Batista but was unpopular and tyrannical
Che and Castro known famously together as…
Los barbudos.
What did the los barbudos brothers organise
Cuba revolution which included reform in agriculture in 1959 that led to the loss of invested American property and tied Cuban economy and politics to the ussr with the soviet deputy, Anastas mikoyan giving a financial package of $100 million to cuba
Trade wars
Over sugar exports and us oil companies refusal to refine soviet oil sent to Cuba. Acted as confirmation that Castro was a committed communist.
Trade wars led to Kennedy validating…
The cia’s plans [bay of pigs and operation mongoose] to remove Castro.
Bay of pigs 1961
Plan to land anti-Castro exiles on cuba and carry a military coup to remove him.
‘Unmitigated disaster’ and a profound humiliation for Kennedy; it also confirmed the soviet union’s and castro’s fears about the usas intensions for Cuba.
Propaganda
Castro loved by his people for being a hero protecting Cuba from American imperialism
Operation mongoose 1961
Covert operations such LSD, temporary disorientation and thallium salt led by general Edward Lansdale.
Bay of pigs was the biggest mistake of kennedy’s presidency
Solidified the Castro regime beyond anything Castro himself could have done, lead to his most dangerous confrontation w/ the su
