AHC: US willing to back left-leaning Nationalists

. . . there is a reason why sealion threads are so vehemently attacked in the post-1900 subforum, which is lack of authenticity. . .
Maybe authors of new sealion threads don't read even a few of the previous ones. And maybe with Cuba, we can do better and learn as we go.
 
and for some fun . . .


2000 Kevin Costner movie

I like the fact that it's a mirror image and it looks like it's in a eastern European language (I don't think Russian). And yes, they might view the whole situation quite a bit differently than we do!



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And the real Ambassador Anotoly Dobrynin as an older man.


youtube: 5th RFK meets Dobrynin [negotiation scene]

And we do often understand history from movies. And please don't say you don't! Yes, even us brainy people here who like to read.

And actually, I think the negotiation scene was pretty accurate. We would give a private assurance that we would remove the missiles from Turkey within 6 months. But any public announcement would negate the deal.
 
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Triangular Mutual Security: Why the Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World Beyond the Cold War
Political Psychology, Aaron Belkin, James G. Blight, Vol 12: No. 4 (four issues a year for the 1990s), 1991.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.718.1647&rep=rep1&type=pdf

' . . . The Cubans, on the other hand, were infuriated by the terms of the resolution. They learned of the Kennedy-Khrushchev deal over the radio, apparently believing that their security interests had been bargained away, and seemed certain that the Americans would take advantage of Khrushchev's sell-out by invading the island despite the administration's pledge to respect Cuban sovereignty (Brenner, 1990). . . '



Brenner, P. (1990). Cuba and the missile crisis. Journal of Latin American studies, 22, 115-142.
No one likes being played as a second fiddle. Of course the Cubans were pissed.

Even if the Soviets were entirely correct that the time pressure did not give them an opportunity to consult with them and keep them in the loop.

 
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