Kennedy and Khrushchev met for the first time at the Vienna Summit in June 1961. Khrushchev had been previously unsuccessful negotiating nuclear policies with Eisenhower so he decid

Khrushchev had under estimated his adversary and over estimated his countries own military power which ultimately led to the Soviet's removing the missiles from Cuba. Huths theories based around the outcomes of attempted extended deterrence are contrary to President Kennedy's diplomatic outcomes. Huth states:

The outcomes of attempted extended deterrence for the defender were coded as either; (1) Success - Defender (Soviet Union) stands firm in support of protege (Cuba) and potential attacker (U.S.) refrains from attack; (2) Failure but armed support - Deterrence fails and protege is attacked but defender does not intervene with military force to protect protege; or (3) Capitulation - Deterrence fails but defender does not intervene with military force to protect protege. (1988, p.69)

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