The Cuban Missile Crisis
1:) President Kennedy’s reaction to the photographs would be much like anyone else in the USA: shocking. He wakes up from a nights sleep to find that Cuba had made bases containing missiles and atomic weapons right under his nose. The missile once launched could easily destroy cities and towns across America; the furthest reaching parts of Canada. Once more the increase in Soviet cargo ships heading to Cuba made the Soviets suspects. Kennedy must have felt very scared. The fate of the world could have lied in this mans’ hands. Such a little country with so much power, this could not go on. America was very vulnerable at this stage, which was probably why Kennedy was so scared. President Kennedy said, ‘we were facing great trouble’, in source A. this shows he knew that nothing god could come of it, and there could be something very bad happening. Within a few minutes of these missiles being fired, it could have killed 80,000,000 American citizens. President Kennedy had every reason to be worried. 2:) I feel that President Kennedy decided to blockade Cuba because there were no other clever choices, and a blockade would mean slowing down the chances of war. He could bomb Cuba, and destroy their weapon
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Approximate Word count = 1172
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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