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Parent topics
- Cold War [r]: Geostrategic, economic and ideological struggle from about 1947 to 1991 between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies. [e]
- Cuba [r]: a Communist state made up of a number of islands in the Caribbean. [e]
Subtopics
Politicomilitary doctrine
- Deterrence [r]: A set of policies and actions that prevent an opponent from taking an undesired action [e]
- Compellence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Naval blockade [r]: A declared action by a naval power, considered an act of war in international law, in which it prevents shipping, other than certain categories of humanitarian aid, from reaching the ports of the blockaded country [e]
Communist forces
- S-75 Dvina [r]: S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems were the first Soviet air defense missiles in wide deployment. Their NATO reporting designation was S-75 Dvina. [e]
- Medium range ballistic missile [r]: A guided missile, with a range between 600 and 1500 miles, which does not rely on aerodynamic lift to maintain its course. [e]
- Intermediate range ballistic missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
Communist personnel
- Fidel Castro [r]: (1926—2016) Former president of Cuba. [e]
- Nikita Khruschev [r]: Add brief definition or description
U.S. forces
- Atlas (missile) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- CIA activities in Cuba [r]: Add brief definition or description
- B-47 Stratojet (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- B-52 Superfortress (bomber) [r]: United States Air Force heavy bomber, first version flown in 1952, entered service in 1961, expected to stay operational until at least 2030 [e]
- National Security Agency [r]: An organization within the United States Department of Defense, with the dual roles of the principal signals intelligence agency in the United States intelligence community, but also having the responsibility for information assurance of military, diplomatic, and other critical communications. [e]
- Signals intelligence from 1954 to 1979 [r]: Technology and history of signals intelligence from 1954 to 1979 [e]
- U-2 Dragon Lady [r]: A high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that remains a key U.S. intelligence collection platform. [e]
U.S. personnel
- George Ball [r]: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, who regularly advised against escalation in the Vietnam War, believing it detracted from U.S. priorities in Europe [e]
- Dino Brugioni [r]: Add brief definition or description
- McGeorge Bundy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Roger Hilsman [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John F. Kennedy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert F. Kennedy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Art Lundahl [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert McNamara [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dean Rusk [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Y. Smith [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Maxwell Taylor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Albert Wheelon [r]: Add brief definition or description
U.S. support
- Charles de Gaulle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oleg Penkovsky [r]: Add brief definition or description
Retrospective analysis
- Janice Gross Stein [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Albert Wohlstetter [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Director of Central Intelligence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Economic warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intelligence analysis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intercontinental ballistic missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- North American Air Defense Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. foreign policy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. intelligence activities in the Americas [r]: Add brief definition or description