Historical ReviewPaper: Cuban Missile CrisisAssignment Overview
TheHistorical Review Papers will look at several historical events important inAmerican and world history vital for national security. For national securityprofessionals, understanding and analyzing history correctly is an imperative.From that historical analysis important lessons can be acquired. Notsurprisingly, worldviews are an important aspect of historical analysis – evendefinitions of words to include the definition and belief in facts. Eachworldview looks at history differently. Some of the more common worldviews are:Secularism, Postmodernism, Marxism, and the biblical/Judeo-Christian worldview.For example, some worldviews may practice historical revisionism which isdeleterious to accurate historical analysis.
The Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC) is a scenario that is used bynumerous universities around the world. A primary reason for its use in thiscourse is that almost all the classified documents (including Top Secret) fromthe CMC have been declassified which allows a more complete picture of whathappened. This allows the course and the students to avoid fewer speculativeareas. In addition, this was the scenario where the U.S. came the closest tobeing in a nuclear war since the dawn of the atomic age. The focus of the CMCfor this course is primarily on grand strategy, intelligence, and theimportance of accurate history.
Instructions:
Requirementsfor this paper are outlined as follows:· Lengthof assignment is 6–8 full body pages.· Formatof assignment is latest version of APA.· Titlepage, abstract, and reference page(s) are required.· Anintroduction and conclusion are required in the body of the paper.· Citationsshould be liberally used when dealing with important facts that are not commonknowledge and where there are conflicts, or the true facts are not known.· Youshould have a total of 6–8 references/sources with two being outside scholarlyreferences plus the Bible or worldview reference (as required).oBarrett & Holland (2012) is a mandatory/requiredreference.· Acceptablereferences/sources:oSources, presentations, and othermaterials from the modulesoScholarly articles, books, andlegitimate websites (not Wikipedia, etc.)Contentrequirements for this paper are outlined as follows:1.The studentwill describe key aspects of the Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC) to include:· Backgroundand description of the CMC.· Oneexample of groupthink and how it was mitigated.· Keysuccesses and failures in the CMC.· Reasonsfor successes and failures (listed above) in the CMC.· Oneother area in the CMC that you deem important (optional).2.Describetwo plausible explanations with rationale on why the Soviets deployed missilesin Cuba that lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC).3.Describewhy or why not (with rationale) the quarantine (blockade) was the best option(initially) in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC).4. Describethe role of friction(s) between the Congress and executive branch that bothhelped and hindered learning the true history of the CMC afterwards. Describethe concept of “narrative versus the truth” from an ethical and worldviewperspective.5. Aconclusion that gives rationale to what you believe are the most importantlessons learned from the CMC.Note:Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarismtool.
References:
https://jamestown.org/programs/rd/
Amstutz, Mark R. (2018). International ethics: concepts, theories, and cases in global politics . NY: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN:9781538110249.
Barrett, David and Holland, Max (2012). Blind over Cuba. College Station, TX: Texas A&M Press. ISBN: 9781603447683.
Martel, William (2015). Grand strategy in theory and practice . NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107442214.
National War College (n.d.). A National Security Strategy Primer. (attached)
