Excitement was high for Cuba, when Fidel Castro overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in January 1959. With a heady mixture of nationalism and left – wing ideologies US became very cautious for its southern comrades Central and Southern America and perhaps herself. When Castro took over Cuba, the US lost valuable investments in the sugar and tobacco crops of Cuba. Fearing the spread of communism into Americas’ backyard the US Government imposed a strict economic blockade …showed first 75 words of 1130 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1130 total…those tactical nuclear weapons without further direction from the Kremlin. What might of happened had the US invaded Cuba? “We can predict the results with certainty,” former secretary of defence McNamara answers, then adds, “No one should believe that US troops could have been attacked by tactical nuclear warheads without the US responding with nuclear warheads.” I presume the delegates in that conference room was thankful that their leaders did the right thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**