The Cuban Missile crisis in evaluations by contemporary English-speaking historians
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2023-2-23-33
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the present-day Englishlanguage historiography of the 1962 Caribbean Crisis. The article presents the opinions of the historians from the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Australia. The paper discusses the points of view of the “traditionalists” who criticize the actions of N.S. Khrushchev, and the “revisionists” who negatively assess the US foreign policy during that period – the policy that, in their opinion, mainly contributed to the unleashing of the crisis. The article also highlights a number of other issues related to the Caribbean Crisis: the participation in the events of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, the role of UN Secretary General U Thant in resolving the conflict, the need to expand the chronological framework of the crisis. The author comes to the conclusion that the discussion of the Caribbean Crisis in historiography should encourage an increase in the number of publications and inspire the solution of the previously insufficiently studied issues related to the conflict that happened 60 years ago.
About the Author
I. A. Suzdaltsev
school no. 1381
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilya A. Suzdaltsev, Cand. of Sci. (History)
bld. 52, Kominterna St., Moscow, 129346
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Suzdaltsev I.A. The Cuban Missile crisis in evaluations by contemporary English-speaking historians. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2023;(2):23-33. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2023-2-23-33
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