Cuba+and+the+Rise+of+Castro

Click to view the links to documents pertaining to the Rise of Castro and the Cuban Missile Crisis and view additional sources, some of which are listed below, for further research.


 * Further Research**


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 * (Contains multiple links to various historians' opinions and access to a vast amount of primary resources such as books, interviews, and recorded speeches)
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 * __Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis__ by Robert F. Kennedy
 * __Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis__ by Graham Allison
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 * __One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy__ by Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali
 * __Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution__ by Thomas Paterson


 * Documents**

Outline of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was dealt with by both the US and the USSR.



Describes the ramifications of Coexistence in context of the Cold War but can be reasonably be applied to the Cuban Missile Crisis and its resolution. When analyzing the Cuban Missile Crisis, it's important to have a perspective as to what was occuring in Europe at the time to fully comprehend why both sides (US and USSR) were motivated to negotiate to resolve the crisis. Assessment of Castro's changes and Communism's impact on the Cuban economy. Description of changes that Castro made when he came to power. What allowed Castro's revolution to be successful? Conditions in Cuba before Castro devised his revolution. A timeline showing the relationships between Cuba, the US, and the USSR.