Bay of Pigs
The failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion, in 1961, had caused great humiliation towards the United States. The newly inaugurated President, Mr. John F. Kennedy, had started many events that tampered with the relationship between our nation and Cuba. This conflict had soon led many other countries int....

Castro and Caesar
I am going to compare two great leaders. One from this century, and one from thereign of Caesar. It is interesting to see how through out history that all the great dictators thought alike. Though they might differ in details all of them basically followed the samepattern. And I think that is ....

Ernesto Che Guevara
Ernesto Guevara was one of the most influential and respected men of our time. He gained his respect from the people of South America, through liberating them from corrupt regimes. Guevara made many countries, including Cuba, better places to live. By using guerilla tactics, he and Fidel Castro, pr....

Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro has been the successful leader of communist Cuba since 1959 and shown his leadership qualities in many different ways throughout the years. His many plans and strategies have proved his success but has also shown where he is not so strong as well. Coming from a middle class family Cas....

Fog of War
Behind every single policy passed or decision made, there is a person. These individuals make decisions that impact millions. Foreign policy makers effect more than just the people of their own country, but that of the global community. As Secretary of Defence for the United States of America, Joh....

History and People of the Caribbean
The Caribbean is a region of the Americas comprised of more than 7,000 islands, and the area is home to a great diversity of peoples and cultures. Interestingly, "the region comprises one culture area in which common factors have forged a common way of looking at life, the world, and their place in....

Mao
In previous major revolutions such as the French and Russian revolutions, the Monarch or aristocracy had been the object of rebellion, but in the early 20th century the Chinese monarch seemed to just fade away with the loss of most of its power and rights. Thus leaving a huge void of control for an....

Outline the aspirations of the United States, Cuba and the Soviet Union at the outset of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Each of the countries involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis had different aspirations that they wanted to achieve for the outcome of the situation. The USA was seeking to remove the missiles from Cuba whilst avoiding any military conflict and therefore eliminating the threat of nuclear war. Russia, o....

Pitching Around Fidel - Nationalism: A Glimmer of Hope
Nationalism: A Glimmer of Hope S. L. Price embarks on a quest to find the truth behind Fidel Castro and his athletic "machine"(240). He journeys to Cuba a few times and conducts interviews with some of Cuba's most respected athletes. He takes their perspective and opinions on subjects such as th....

Revolution
Almost every nation in the world has experienced a revolution. A revolution can be simplydefined as "a change." When a country undergoes a revolution, its ideals that it once believed in arebeing modified. Sometimes revolutionaries act intellectually, yet others may respond physically throughdest....

The Legacy of the Cold War
The Legacy of the Cold War When World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945; a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, a war fought on ....

What were Castros aims for reform in Cuba? To what extent did the revolution, as it occurred up to 1968, achieve these aims?
Castro and his July 26 Movement aimed to remove the dictator Batista. In 1959, they achieved this by their revolution. Castro wanted Cuba to be liberated from the US and have more independence, as Cuba heavily relied on the US for support. This was achieved to a degree by 1968, although due parti....

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