Essays on Khrushchev

In Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis, James Hansen argues that Moscow’s central tenet has always been “to prevent an adversary from discovering Russian intentions by deceiving him about the nature, scope, and timing of an operation,” conceding the idea that there exists a pattern of covert political or militaristic tactics at work in the world. The clandestine affairs nature of world affairs, politics, and strategic military moves between superpowers has always raised curiosity of how individuals act, plan, and engage behaviors that intertwine uncertain outcomes. In the case of the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to the ...

Introduction

In November 1960, the Republicans lost the presidential election, and a Democratic Party candidate John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the president of the United States. A relatively young man (43 years), he represented a new generation of American politicians. Veterans of the war years, a generation embodied by Dwight Eisenhower, were to leave the politics in the US. In the Soviet Union, a “war generation” remained in power until the mid-1980s. In France, Germany, and other countries of the Western Europe the same generation continued to reign. The Kennedy team was to revise the postulates of the military-political line of ...

Introduction

The presence of economic dynamism in the earlier twentieth century enabled the United States of America to establish itself as a great power. The economic powers of the US enabled leaders to pursue important policies that helped transform the country after the World War II. The country was leading in both regional and global politics through strong leadership of President Eisenhower and John Foster. The two figures had a lot of influence on the expansion of the American military power during the post-World War II. U.S has a long history of its military operations expanding their powers in both ...

Of course, electing young politicians as well as old and experienced people is vital to keep the variety of representation, to provide diversity of views and to strike a balance between experience and initiative. However, when trying to answer the posed question unequivocally I must admit that I would prefer to say that we need to elect young politicians rather than old experienced ones. Why is that? Well, there is quite a good number of reasons. First of all, young people politicians are children of their own generation, they have been brought up in the same world they are ...

Khrushchev delivered a historic speech during the 20th Communist Party of the Soviet Union Congress held in February 1956 (Hornsby). In his speech, Khrushchev denounced Stalin; he argued that Stalin was leading a cult of personality within that country. Khrushchev’s speech shocked many people and enlightened them about the situation in their country. The main purpose of Khrushchev’s speech was to denounce Stalin’s cult personality which, according to Khrushchev, had brought problems in the former Soviet Union. Khrushchev strongly condemned Stalin, saying that he (Stalin) had a spirit of individuality and he was selfish as the ...

PART ONE

Introduction Detailed background on the Cuban Missile Crisis The contributions that the U.S. AND Russia made towards the war

The roles that John F. Kennedy played towards the war and their reactions

Thesis: President John F. Kennedy should be honoured for the crucial role he played in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

He initiated a blockade to prevent subsequent shipments of Soviet missiles into Cuba

He agreed to a peaceful deal in which the U.S. would dismantle its missiles form Turkey while the Soviet Union would also dismantle the missiles it installed in Cuba to avert the tensions between the two nations

He formed a committee to help him with making important decisions regarding the war to avoid rush resolutions.

Conclusion I firmly believe that John F. Kennedy should be awarded for the important role he played during in Cuban Missile crisis. His role ...