12 Incredible Facts About The Cuban Missile Crisis
Europe Is Divided After WWII 4 World Wages Cold War 6 Fidel Castro Seizes Power 8 Kennedy Brothers Come to DC 10 United States Fails at Bay of Pigs 12 Khrushchev Calls for Respect 14 Plane Spies Missiles in Cuba 16 EXCOMM and Kennedy Consider the Options 18 Missiles Capable of Destroying US Cities 20 US Navy Quarantines Cuba 22 Cubans Down US Plane 24 Crisis Serves as a Warning 26 12 Key Dates 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the Author 32 TABLE OF CONTENTS
During World War II 1939 1945 German Nazis took over many European countries When Germany lost the war the Nazis were pushed out of these countries Nazi controlled governments schools and businesses had to be rebuilt Europe was divided into eastern and western sections This division was called the iron curtain The United States Great Britain and Canada helped Western European countries rebuild The Soviet Union aided Eastern European countries The iron curtain didn’t just divide countries It divided how people lived Like the Soviets the new governments in Eastern European countries were communist In a communist government the government owns everything So in Eastern Europe governments owned all the businesses and farms They controlled schools and the news The people living there had no freedom of speech They could not own property Some people in Eastern Europe wanted the freedom of noncommunist countries After World War II much of Europe was left in ruins EUROPE IS DIVIDED AFTER WWII 1 4
12 Incredible Facts About The Cuban Missile Crisis
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About This Book
By: Sue Bradford Edwards
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Published by: 12-Story Library provided by Amicus, part of The Creative Company
