Cuban Missile Crisis & Soviet Afghanistan War

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Tension between USA and USSR over missile bases in Cuba, resolved peacefully.

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Fidel Castro

Cuban leader who turned communist, leading to USSR alliance.

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Bay of Pigs

Failed CIA invasion of Cuba, boosting Castro's image.

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ExComm

National Security Council committee advising Kennedy during the crisis.

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Naval Blockade

Kennedy's chosen action to contain the Cuban missile threat.

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Detente

Period of improved relations between superpowers in the 1970s.

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Operation Cyclone

US support to Afghan Mujahideen against Soviet invasion.

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Mujahideen

Afghan fighters aided by the US against Soviet forces.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Soviet leader who realized USSR couldn't win in Afghanistan.

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Partial Test Ban Treaty

Agreement to limit nuclear testing, signed in 1953.

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Afghanistan Invasion

Soviet forces invaded in 1979, facing Mujahideen resistance.

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International Terrorism

Result of Mujahideen's actions and global impact of the war.

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Arms Reduction Talks

Negotiations to reduce nuclear weapons, affected by the war.

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

Peace group protesting US nuclear missiles in Europe.

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Fundamentalist Groups

Extremist organizations like Mujahideen emerging post-war.

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Nuclear Missiles in Europe

US deployment leading to tensions and protests.

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Los Angeles Olympics Boycott

USSR's response to US actions by boycotting the 1984 Olympics.

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US-Soviet Relations

Impacted by the war and resulting in various consequences.

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Cuban Dictator Fulgencio Batista

Overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959, leading to US-Cuba tensions.

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USSR Missile Bases in Cuba

Established in 1962, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Kennedy's Decision

Chose naval blockade over other aggressive options during the crisis.

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US Withdrawal from Arms Reduction Talks

Jimmy Carter's response to the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

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Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Completed by 1989 after realizing the futility of the war.

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