Fidel Castro

One of the scarcest events in American history happened during the month of October 1962. The world was about to enter a new phase of world warfare, using nuclear weapons to destroy the oppositions. This event affected everyone in the world, it was the possibility of nuclear death. It affected American citizens like my uncle, Walter Neal Woodruff. He was a solider working in the Administrate branch of the Army, stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona on call during this moment in American history. This

Che Guevara, a revolutionary in Cuba, has become an internationally recognized figure. While many people are familiar with his achievements of helping to overthrow and rebuild the Cuban government, his image has expanded well beyond his political success. Che’s picture has been seen all over the world, in every imaginable context. Many people associate Che Guevara with the very word “revolution,” while others remember Che as a brutal and ruthless guerilla. While everyone has their own interpretation

armed forces, Castro felt a second attack was inevitable. Although he was reluctant to accept the missiles at the beginning, he was finally persuaded. It could be argued that Castro pursued closer relations with the Soviet Union mainly for the protection of Cuba, and therefore was more open to Soviet suggestions such as placing nuclear weapons in

Guevara had many roles during the revolution because the people listened to him; a main role being an important lieutenant to Castro during the Cuban Revolution. Castro ordered Guevara to lead many missions that would help achieve their goal of having a better, more just society. In Saul Landau’s Poster Boy of The Revolution, he says Guevara’s teenage lieutenant recounts the time he had been wounded

case, this confrontation could've led to the possibility of the end of Western civilization. The crisis included many miscalculations, secret communications, and misconceptions between the two powers. After the failed attempt to remove Castro at the Bay of Pigs, and while John F. Kennedy’s administration planned Operation Mongoose. Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union, made a secret agreement with the Cuban premier,

further from the loss of vital military and economic support. With severe shortages, unrest and dissatisfaction growing, Castro declared a "special period in peacetime" of food rationing and energy conservation. Shortages of food, fuel, and medical supplies were intensified by the ongoing U.S. trade embargo in Cuba. Aware of China's success with a more capitalistic limited market, Castro decided to experiment with capitalism. In 1993, he granted Cubans limited freedom to open small for profit businesses

communist country of Cuba with my two-year-old mother, Maria. Fulgencio Batista ruled as a ruthless dictator prior to the well-known Castro family, driving the Cuban economy into collapse and publicly executing those who disagreed with his governing tactics. He was over-thrown in 1959 by the Cuban people during “La Revolución”, a radicalized movement led by Fidel Castro promising wonderful restoration, but it only led to the genesis of his totalitarian regime. Life on the island rapidly changed: businesses

Though neither side really won the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union was more victorious than the United States because the quarantine set by the US in Cuba did not work, the Soviet Union had more courage, and the attempts by the CIA to murder Castro did not work either. Since the Soviet Union installed nuclear weapons in Cuba in defense against the US missiles, President John F. Kennedy announced a quarantine. On October 22, the 7th day of the Cuban Missile Crisis, “Kennedy gave a televised

This essay will analyze the key factors that may lead the intelligence failures to occur. Through discovering various materials, I find out that the failures are commonly caused by a combination of internal and external errors. Before discussing some reasons for the error, we need to understand the nature of intelligence work. The work is an outcome of team effort, as it consist a series of human endeavours, therefore it cannot be completely accurate. In fact, the intelligence failure could cause

Che Guevara was a driving force in the revolutions of many countries. He started off in Cuba, and spread his rebellious and Marxist ideologies to other countries such as the Congo and Bolivia. These beliefs and his actions eventually led him to being executed. Che Guevara was a major figure in the Cuban Revolution and sealed his legacy using guerilla warfare to become victorious in the revolution. He has cemented his legacy in these countries and is still used as a driving force for rebellion, even