Who benefited the most from the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Who benefited the most from the Cuban Missile Crisis

There is no single person or country who benefited from the Cuban missile Crisis. In this project I will try to find out how the countries involved suffered or benefited.

The Cuban missile crisis was a 13 day long (October 16-28th 1962)  confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American nuclear deployment in Italy and Turkey with subsequent Soviet nuclear missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation, was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.

 There was a coup in Cuba in 1959 . In it, a small group of people led by Fidel Castro took power. The new government of Cuba took over some American businesses. The American government refused to buy anything from Cuba after that. The US embargo against Cuba began February 7, 1962. In 1962, the American government was worried that the USSR would attack America from Cuba, because Cuba is near enough that the missiles could reach almost any major city in America. Cuba was at that time a Communist country, like the Soviet Union. In October 1962, American ships blocked Soviet ships carrying missiles from going into Cuba. This lead into a fierce standoff. The Soviets and Cubans agreed to take away the missiles if America promised not to attack Cuba. Kennedy also, without telling the American people, removed some missiles from Turkey, near the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union can be seen to benefit from this crisis. This can be seen in when the conflict was resolved the Soviet Union achieved both its aims:
 To stop America bothering Cuba again
 American missile launch sites in Turkey to be dismantled
However, the Soviet Union also suffered from the Cuban missile crisis as during the aftermath, China stopped becoming allies with the Soviet Union. This was seen as a big blow to the Soviets, as China was becoming a really important and emerging world power.

The United States of America could have benefited the most because, at that time, the public didn’t know that America was taking away missiles from Turkey. This meant everyone saw America facing off the aggressive Soviets, which boosted morale. However, from a strategic point of view the Americans suffered. As they were forced to allow communism to grow in Central America. Also they were forced to disarm in Turkey. As well as that during the standoff one of their planes were shot down along with its driver. However, this event was ignored by the American President as they didn’t want to further deteriorate relations with the Soviet Union.

Cuba received a lot of benefits from the crisis. This can be seen as their leader, Fidel Castro, had ensured the country’s safety by bargaining with America. Also the reputation of Cuba had also increased, as they faced superpower America. They had also made a crucial ally, Soviet Union.

In conclusion, both the Americans and Soviets were sobered by the Cuban Missile Crisis. The following year, a direct “hot line” communication link was installed between Washington and Moscow to help defuse similar situations, and the superpowers signed two treaties related to nuclear weapons. The Cold War was far from over, though. In fact, another legacy of the crisis was that it convinced the Soviets to increase their investment in an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. from Soviet territory