Castro at the back

Khrushchev leaving with an animal

The animal is made of missiles
Castro shivering (scared)
Cuban flag(?)
Communist symbol eyes
Retreat from cuba 1962 is an echo of napoleon’s retreat in Moscow in 1812
Castro is desperate
Sandstorm
Havana

Khrushchev’s withdrawal of missiles from Cuba leaves Castro helpless and desperate.
Cartoon presents this as a humiliation to Khrushchev
Khrushchev’s withdrawal of nuclear missiles from Cuba in 1962 is as serious a defeat as
Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow 150 years earlier.

To the public, it does look like a humiliating defeat for Khrushchev. But secretly, the
American promised to pull their nuclear missiles out of Turkey. The Americans also
promised they are not going to invade Cuba

“Trade”: if Russia pulls out missiles, America will pull out

Missile bearing submarines are better, enemies don’t know where they are, can move
around

Quarantine: Weak response

Lemay proposed marine + air strike
Could not guarantee victory, could lead to nuclear war. -> escalation
At the end of the crisis, a U2 was shot down
Kennedy promised to respond forcefully
Kennedy broke his promise

Paul Johnson: anti Kennedy historian

Kennedy needs to be credited for avoiding nuclear war and getting the missiles out of Cuba

‘The missile crisis was a humiliation for the Soviet Union.’ How far do you agree with this
statement, explain.
 The missile crisis was a humiliation to Khrushchev
Yes No

To the public, it seemed that Russia America had to pull out their missiles in
retreated unconditionally, placing missiles in Turkey in exchange
Cuba did nothing

Withdrawing the missiles left Cuba America also secretly agreed to not invade
defenseless against America Cuba

Irony between the mocking of Kennedy by Not invading Cuba is a humiliation for
Khrushchev before and his defeat now America

He underestimated Kennedy Retrieving the missiles from Turkey

destroyed American supremacy

Missile gap reopened Kennedy’s reputation in the ExComm was

bad

Khrushchev out 1964 Cuba still serves as commie base

Although on the surface, it seems that Khrushchev had lost in the crisis and was humiliated.
However, in reality, Kennedy also suffered from in terms of military strength and reputation.

TO conclude, straight after the event, it did appear as a humiliation to the USSR. However,
over time, people realized that the US had also made concessions and that without both
leader’s cooperation, nuclear war would have ensued. This proves that in the long run this
was not a humiliation