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Kennedy, John F. The Start of the Cuban Missile Crisis. N.d. MP3. This was an address to the public informing them that the president did know about Soviet actions to cause nuclear war. I used it on the home page.
This picture is used to show the propaganda that was used during the Cold War era and what it led people to believe.
http://ocw.nd.edu/physics/nuclear-warfare/images-1/Cold-War-Map.jpg/image
This image shows each of the opposing forces and their relationship in the Cold War conflict.
http://www.kyivpost.com/media/images/data/uploads/e/iblock/en_articles/129529/4738/big.jpg
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. flags next to each other because I thought it showed that they were in conflict.
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/speechgfx/jfk-cuban2.jpg
A nuclear mushroom cloud relating to what could have happened if an agreement for peace wasnt made between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Soviet-R-12-nuclear-ballistic_missile.jpg
A Russian R-2 ballistic missile that was possibly based in the country of Cuba during the Cold War and Cuban Missile Crisis.
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/10/15/1350323930816/Fidal-Castrowith-Nikita--008.jpg
This is Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Soviet Union leader Khrushchev making a secret alliance with each other.
http://www.faqs.org/espionage/images/eeis_01_img0079.jpg
This is a U-2 spy plane which was used to detect the missile bases on Cuba.
http://www.pageresource.com/clipart/clipart/people/bodyparts/hands/handshake-2.png
I used this clipart because it showed that peace can be achieved with an agreement and there is no need for combat.
http://www.coloradoaviationhistoricalsociety.org/gallery/albums/Cuban/U2.jpg
U-2 spy plane that informed the U.S. government of the missile sites.
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct18/cmc_gromyko.jpg
This is a meeting between Kennedy and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko about actions taken toward the U.S. by the Soviet Union.
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct20/cmc_apstory.jpg
Kennedy returns to the White House because of the threat of war but makes up the excuse of a cold so panic would arise.
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct25/cmc_elincoln_daybook.jpg
Kennedys secretarys book that shows the frantic schedules, meetings, phone calls, and conversations.
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct22/nsam196a.jpg
Page of the National Security Action Memorandum where Kennedy addresses his advisors during the Cuban crisis as Executive Committee of the National Security Council, or "ExComm."
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct22/nsam196b.jpg
Page of the National Security Action Memorandum where Kennedy addresses his advisors during the Cuban crisis as Executive Committee of the National Security Council, or "ExComm."
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct22/nsam196c.jpg
Page of the National Security Action Memorandum where Kennedy addresses his advisors during the Cuban crisis as Executive Committee of the National Security Council, or "ExComm."
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct23/cmc_jfk_signs_3504.jpg
Newspaper article describing U.S. Ambassador to the U.N Adlai Stevenson's confrontation with Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin.
http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/images/sub/oct28/cmc_excomm_oct28.jpg
After reviewing Khrushchev's statement, the ExComm decides to proceed optimistically yet with caution.
Websites
History Learning Site, 2000. 0. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/what was the cold war.htm>. This website helped me understand more about the Cuban Missile Crisiss history and helped me make the chart on the Difference Between U.S.S.R. and U.S. page. N.p.. Web. 3 Dec 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/cuban-missile-crisis>. This site helped me summarize the major points of the Cuban Missile Crisis. . N.p.. Web. 3 Dec 2013. <http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/coldwar/summary.html>. This site helped me understand less major things that happened in my topic. . N.p.. Web. 5 Dec 2013. <http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/oct16/>. These sites helped me with the timeline page and composed the quotes on each event.