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Saving the Revolution: The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

Posted February 21st, 2012 at 10:02 PM by Gile na Gile

The revolutionary Cubans needed little enticement from Khruschev to allow delivery and stationing of Russian warheads on their newly reclaimed soil. The Bay of Pigs invasion was only the precursor to ongoing CIA attempts to destabilise and ultimately bring an end to the new regime; assassination attempts of the Castro brothers and Guevera were likewise being constantly toyed with so anything that furthered their own security even and especially a nuclear deterrent was seen as a positive boon. It...
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