Cuban Missile Crisis Historiography
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Orthodox view
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. – The Cuban crisis epitomised reckless Soviet adventurism; US policy throughout was a “brave and wise response to totalitarian challenge.”
Revisionist view
Gar Alperovitz – Cuba was a rational Soviet reaction; US nuclear brinkmanship and Jupiter missiles in Turkey created the crisis.
Post revisionist view
John Lewis Gaddis – Crises stemmed from misperceptions and security dilemmas; rivalry intensified but Cuba also produced learning and restraint.
Marxist view
E.H. Carr – Crises were systemic clashes of capitalism vs socialism; Berlin symbolised Western economic coercion, Korea and Cuba extensions of imperial rivalry.
Recent/global view
Vojtech Mastny – The Cuban Missile Crisis was paradoxical: the most dangerous confrontation, yet it created stabilising guardrails like the hotline and test ban.
Extra historian on the significance of ideology
Marc Trachtenberg – Cuban crisis showed US credibility obsession; secret Jupiter withdrawal reveals security > ideology.