Robert Kennedy's Thirteen Day has become a minor classic of one of the most dangerous moment in human history. The United States showed us how well the Cuban Missile Crisis was managed. ... These weapons had the capability of wiping out most of the United States in minutes, if they became operational. ... This was so he could protect the citizens of the United States and this showed how much he cared about everyone and knew he could have it under control. ... Robert Kennedy respected Khrushchev for properly determining what was in his own country's interest and what was in the intere...

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The mayor confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union did not happened in Europe. ... The United States" armed forces were at their highest state of quickness ever. ... One side was the United States and the other side was the Soviet Union and China. ... Attorney General Robert Kennedy suggested ignoring the second letter contacted Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to tell him of the United States agreement with the first letter. ... This was the mayor confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union....

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Soviet Union was very much behind the United States in the arms race or the Cold War. ... President Kennedy saw this as a threat to the United States and to world peace and immediately took action. ... He informed the nation that these missiles were capable of striking the eastern two thirds of the United States as well as much of Latin America. ... Attorney General Robert Kennedy rejected this idea and told Khrushchev that the United States will comply with the first letter. ... He also expressed his trust that the United States will not invade Cuba. ...

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Khrushchev arrived Saturday morning demanding that the United States agree to remove its Jupiter missiles from Turkey in exchange for a Soviet removal of missiles from Cuba. ... The U.S. president elected to transmit this sensitive message through his brother, Attorney General Robert F. ... I think this was a giant step for the United States as a whole. ... C) This attempt to invade Cuba made Castro feel threaten by the United States. ... In Dec., 1962, Castro released 1,113 captured rebels in exchange for $53 million in food and medicine raised by private donations in the United States. ...

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This sharp movie was produced by Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve starkey, while directed by Robert Zemeckis. ... This movie shows a life to portray significant social events in the United States of America, in the 1960's to 80's. ... That's how it fits the study of the United States History. ...

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This idea that the Soviet Union was totally responsible for the liberation of all the Balkan states during WWII was total bunk and did not sit well with the Yugoslavs. ... Had the Soviets played a major role in removing the Germans, there is no doubt in my mind that Yugoslavia would have been behind the "Iron Curtain" like the rest of the communist states for the majority of the cold war. ... This was not an easy task but it was made possible by a charismatic leader named Robert Owen. ... Just as the Owenites of New Harmony disbanded after the death of Robert Owen, Yugoslavia could not hold...

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The government of the United States believed differently. ... The United States dominated Mexico throughout the entire war. ... In response to this, 11 states seceded to form the Confederate states of America. ... In the spring of 1865, Robert E. ... In August, the United States drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima. ...

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Another important element of the campaign was the support Kennedy received from blacks in important Northern states, especially Illinois and Pennsylvania. They supported him in part because he and Robert Kennedy had tried to get the release of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Congress passed a major housing bill, a law increasing the minimum wage, and a bill granting federal aid to economically depressed areas of the United States. ...

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On one side those countries that supported democracy and capitalism, under the leadership of the United States. ... Sir Robert Menzies was elected Prime Minister of Australia in 1949 and maintained leadership for sixteen years. ...

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The Vietnam War commenced very differently from Korea, the Korean War originated internally when North attacked South, but Vietnam was started externally by the United States. ... (US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara, 19 May 1967) Despite their efforts however as the war escalated, the public became increasingly concerned and unhappy. ... Vietnam however was catastrophic, it was an embarrassment to the American government, to not only be beaten but for its own people to object to its war, nor was the United States internationally backed in this endeavour....

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" Furthermore, by acting in Korea this would be the first steps to establishing the critically important network of allied states (such as Japan and South Korea) that would sit alongside a rejuvenated Western Europe as a bulwark against Soviet expansion. ... Robert Donovan agrees with this hypothesis of American policy, and furthers it by suggesting that this extension of the American sphere of influence meant that the North Korean progression over the 38th parallel was inevitably going to be interpreted in Washington as a profound challenge to American interests. ...

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