Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With the surprise announcement that Premier Khrushchev has ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, in return for President Kennedy's pledge not to invade the island, the crisis which threatened the peace of the world has ended abruptly...
...illustrates once again that when one power is in a position to use direct military power in defense of what it regards as its vital interests, the other power will retreat. This was the lesson of Korea in 1950 and of Hungary in 1956; it is the lesson of Cuba...
...Eisenhower and the Kennedy Administrations closed off, one by one, avenues of conciliation and negotiation with Castro, invested the Cuban revolution with a significance-the wrong significance at that-far beyond its real meaning, and convinced themselves and the entire country that the establishment of a Socialist dictatorship in Cuba constituted a danger which ultimately could be dealt with only by force...
Although most persons in the stands were primarily concerned with the battle being fought on the field, talk of Cuba and the international crisis was heard everywhere. There was a special fervor in the crowd when the "Star Spangled Banner" was sung...
...these terms that Baldwin criticized the United States relation to Cuba, and with African and Asian nations. "We must learn that it is no longer a matter of missionaries bringing a torch to the natives. We have to learn that this is a matter of life and death for the world as we know...