Cuban Missiles and Operation Dragon Rouge

[...]the Soviets had far fewer intercontinental ballistic missiles than the U.S. but were hugely superior to the West in conventional land arms. [...]our tactical nuclear weapons in Europe were matched by the Soviets and would destroy Europe as well. Moscow's installation of missiles 90 miles f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American diplomacy 2017-03, p.1
1. Verfasser:	Baker, Bob
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cables Cuban history Cuban Missile Crisis Diplomatic & consular services Diplomatic documents Government agencies History Political corruption Power Presidents Raids Russian foreign relations Search and rescue operations Slavery United States foreign relations
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]the Soviets had far fewer intercontinental ballistic missiles than the U.S. but were hugely superior to the West in conventional land arms. [...]our tactical nuclear weapons in Europe were matched by the Soviets and would destroy Europe as well. Moscow's installation of missiles 90 miles from Florida was a gamble by Soviet Prime Minister Khrushchev to scare Americans and their allies.
ISSN:	1094-8120 1094-8120