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Abstract / Summary

This case study analyzes U.S.-Soviet negotiations during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, focusing on the processes involved and the bureaucratic reactions of the two governments. It concentrates on U.S. decision-making during the closed deliberations of a group that advised President John F. Kennedy, the Executive Committee of the National Security Council. The case discusses when, if ever, the U.S. executive branch should make a policy decision without consulting the other branches of government; what constitutes forewarning between governments; what emphasis the U.S. government placed on moral or legal justifications for its actions and what importance was given to national security issues; and what the influence of U.S. allies was in this crisis.

Field of Interest

World History

Author

Gabrielle S. Brussel, fl. 1988

Publisher

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Copyright Message

Copyright © 1988 The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Content Type

Case study

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

36

Publication Year

1988

Publisher

Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Place Published / Released

District of Columbia

Series Number

Case 129

Subject

World History, Global Issues, History, Social Sciences, War and Violence, Wartime Conditions and Military Tactics, Border Enforcement and Control, Cuba and the United States Border, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear warfare, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, History, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy, Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Condições do Tempo de Guerra e Táticas Militares, Condiciones en Tiempos de Guerra y Tácticas Militares, Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; Unión Soviética, União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; União Soviética, USSR (Historical Place), Soviet Union (Historical Place), United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States. National Security Council. Executive Committee, Nikita Khrushchev, 1894-1971, John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Historical Place), United States, Cuba, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Series / Program

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Case Study Program

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Condições do Tempo de Guerra e Táticas Militares, Condiciones en Tiempos de Guerra y Tácticas Militares, Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; Unión Soviética, União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; União Soviética, USSR (Historical Place), Soviet Union (Historical Place), United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos