Required Text: The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History
Historians vary in their interpretation of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Some historians believe it was John F. Kennedy’s finest hour while others believe it was a
product of Kennedy’s administration foreign policy failures. Through your reading of The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History, of Pages 4, 5, and 8 of
Kennedy’s Diplomatic Correspondence, and excerpts from Khrushchev’s memoir analyze and support your position on the question below. In American
history is the Cuban Missile Crisis JFK’s finest hour or a foreign policy failure of the Kennedy Administration?
The assignment will count for 20 percent of the class grade.
President Kennedy’s letters to Nikita Khrushchev
https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKPOF/115/JFKPOF-115-010
Nikita Khrushchev’s descriiption of the Cuban Missile Crisis as per his 1970 memoir, Khrushchev Remembers
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/moment.htm
The thesis statement should be apparent and early, the finished work should be organized, well-written with few grammatical and phrasing errors, address
each point clearly and with insight, critical thought and substantiated conclusions. Be sure to include references that are properly cited using Chicago
Manual of Style The paper will be at least 1,500 words, Times New Roman, double-spaced, include a cover page and page numbers. The completed work
demonstrates a college-level understanding of the nuclear threat during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a zero for the assignment. In addition to handing in a hard copy, students are required to submit the finished
report via SafeAssign. Failure to do this will result in a zero for the assignment