The early 1960 US-Cuba deteriorating relationship of interlock play among historical, ideological, and geopolitical factors.

Key Factors:

1. Cuban Revolution:
Cuba was led by Fidel Castro from the Batista whom the US supported this was after the communism coup d’état in 1959.
The socialization of US owned industries and properties has turned the scenario into economic sanctions and political conflict through the US-Cuban relation.

2. Cold War Tensions:
Cold war rivalry between the US & Soviet Union continued, and both tried to control as large an area as they could.
Favouring the Soviet Union worsened the relations between Cuba and United States.

3. Bay of Pigs Invasion:
Just in 1961, the US-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs ended in complete disaster and that leaves the US with much shame and intensifies Castro control.
The event resulted in Cuban disappointment in the US and thus made it ally even closer to the Soviet Union.

4. Deployment of Soviet Missiles
Soviet Union in order to counter the threat posed by the United States intended to put nuclear armed missiles in Cuba. This took the world to the brink of the nuclear warfare. This is a direct threat to the security interest of the US and of course is the most dangerous form of escalation in the Cold War.

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the forty-day standoff between the two superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union, over the Soviet nuclear armed missiles in Cuba. That was a dangerous moment when the whole world was close to the nuclear war.

Primarily, the reasons for the same are as follows:

– Encirclement of Cuba by the USA: The US placed a naval blockade on Cuba and threatened military attacks.
– USSR in strategic interests: The Soviet Union is interested in the protection of Cuba from American aggression and the mismatch of nuclear advantage between America and the Soviet Union.
– Miscalculation and brinkmanship: Both superpowers were guilty of risky brinkmanship but an accidental miscalculation could precipitate nuclear catastrophe.

In the end, there was a diplomatic settlement associated with the withdrawal of the missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise by the United States not to invade Cuba. It also served as an unmistakable reminder of the nuclear horrors that would occur, and therefore the importance of diplomatic settlement of international disputes.