Kubánska kríza v roku 1962

Cuban crisis in 1962

Autor: ŠTEFANSKÝ Michal

ŠTEFANSKÝ, Michal: Kubánska kríza v roku 1962.

ŠTEFANSKÝ, Michal: Cuban crisis in 1962.

Vojenská história 4, 16, 2012, pp 48- 61. 

The author in his study focuses on mapping out the position of the Soviet Union vis-à-vis the United States, the escalation of their mutual conflict, which threatened to grow into nuclear warfare between the superpowers. The author examines this event from the viewpoint of how its course and outcome impacted upon the “shifts” in the Czechoslovak Army. The study’s merits are not to be seen only in the facts and the circumstances surrounding the “Caribbean Crisis” as documented by history, but, above all, in the author’s archival studies, this mainly in two dimensions. Firstly, the emergence, the course and the end of the crisis. The crisis broke out with the Soviet deployment of missiles to Cuba and ended in their disassembly. The deployment was approved by the Cuban leadership, but its resolution was reached without the participation of Cuba. As a result, the relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union, as well as with Czechoslovakia, were considerably reduced after 1962. Secondly, the Czechoslovak-Cuban relations, especially from the viewpoint of economic aid to Cuba and Czechoslovak arms exports after the accession of F. Castro to power. The Cuban crisis had a great impact on Czechoslovakia, especially in the military and economic field. The Czechoslovak Army was in the state of combat readiness. The crisis required exceptional financial expenditures and, according to the author, was the only reason for recession at the beginning of the 1960s.

Key words: Military History. Cuba. Cuban crisis and relations with Czechoslovakia. 1962.

Ročník: 16 | Číslo: 4/2012 | Stránky: 48- 61