Cuban Missile Crisis from the Cuban Perspective | Animated History

Start enjoying the incredible new Carriers update for World of Warships: Legends right now using this link: https://wo.ws/3hLRYdO Happy sailing! "**We do want to make clear that one of the primary reasons for missiles being placed in Cuba was retaliation for the United States planting missiles in Turkey to threaten the Soviet Union... This information was omitted from the video mainly because we wanted to focus solely on the Cuban people and Cuban politics and we felt that if we ventured too far into the overall geopolitical situation of the Cold War as a whole we would lose focus with the "Cuban Perspective." Still, it's worth noting that it was not the Soviets who escalated first, but the Americans in the context of missile installations." Sign up for Armchair History TV today! https://armchairhistory.tv/ Promo code: ARMCHAIRHISTORY for 50% OFF Merchandise available at https://store.armchairhistory.tv/ Check out the new Armchair History TV Mobile App too! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/armchair-history-tv/id1514643375 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.uscreen.armchairhistorytv Discord: https://discord.gg/zY5jzKp Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArmchairHist Sources: “Annex No. 10 Evaluation of the CIA Cuban Volunteer Task Force.” National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193252 . “Annex No. 8 Memorandum of Discussion on Cuba January 28, 1961.” National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193250 . Bain, Mervyn J. "Havana and Moscow, 1959–2009: The Enduring Relationship?" Cuban Studies 41 (2010): 126-42. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24487231 . Blight, James G., and Janet. “How Castro Held the World Hostage.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 Oct. 2012, www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/opinion/how-castro-held-the-world-hostage.html. Brenner, Philip. "Cuba and the Missile Crisis." Journal of Latin American Studies 22, no. 1 (1990): 115-42. http://www.jstor.org/stable/157169 . Brenner P. (1992) Thirteen Months: Cuba’s Perspective on the Missile Crisis. In: Nathan J.A. (eds) The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11462-4_6 Castro, Fidel. “Letter from Castro to Khrushchev, 10/26/62.” The American Experience. Public Broadcasting Service, n.d. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-attack/ . “Castro and the Cold War.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/castro-and-cold-war/. “Childhood Memories of The Cuban Missile Crisis.” Episode. Tell Me More. National Public Radio, October 22, 2012. Chomsky, Aviva. A History of the Cuban Revolution. John Wiley & Sons, 2015. Dylan, Huw, David V. Gioe, and Michael S. Goodman. The CIA and the Pursuit of Security: History, Documents and Contexts. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctv1453jfz . Garthoff, Raymond L. "Cuban Missile Crisis: The Soviet Story." Foreign Policy, no. 72 (1988): 61-80. doi:10.2307/1148820. Kruschev, Nikita. “Letter From Kruschev to Fidel Castro.” Wilson Center Digital Archive. The Wilson Center. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/114507 . Medland, William J. "The Cuban Missile Crisis: Evolving Historical Perspectives." The History Teacher 23, no. 4 (1990): 433-47. doi:10.2307/494397. Rabe, Stephen G. "The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited." Irish Studies in International Affairs 3, no. 3 (1991): 59-66. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30001786 . Music: Armchair Historian Theme by Zach Heyde Break Free by Fabien Tell Weapon of Choice by Fabien Tell Remembrance by Fabien Tell Last Strike for Glory by Dream Cave Never Before by Fabien Tell Into Thin Air by Fabien Tell Approaching the Signal by Trevor Kowalski Other Sides of Glory by Fabien Tell Leave It All Here by Fabien Tell Gilly by Fabien Tell Cuban Sandwich by Doug Maxwell A New Chance by Fabien Tell For Your Heart Only by Fabien Tell

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