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Development and Spread of the Cold War
Quick questions on The Cuban Missile Crisis and the edge of nuclear war explained: H2 History
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What is the significance?Show answer
The significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis lies less in the immediate outcome than in its longer effects. It frightened both superpowers into managing their rivalry more carefully. A direct hotline was established between Washington and Moscow to allow rapid communication in a crisis, and in 1963 the two sides agreed a Partial Test Ban Treaty. The crisis is therefore widely seen as a turning point that opened the path toward detente, the later relaxation of tensions, because both leaders recognised that the alternative to managing the rivalry was annihilation.
What is q1?Show answer
Define brinkmanship and explain its relevance to the Cuban Missile Crisis. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba. [12 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
"The Cuban Missile Crisis was a turning point in the Cold War." How far do you agree? [20 marks]
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