Pressure over the Dal Molin base contributed to the fall of Italy’s government

Evidence

Remember how the Kennedy administration reacted when the Soviet Union began installing nuclear weapons in Cuba—its only base in the Western hemisphere—at a time when the United States and its allies already had hundreds of bases, many stocked with nuclear weapons, surrounding the Soviet Union. The world then came closer to a nuclear conflict than at any other point during the Cold War. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1061 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• The Cuban missile crisis shows encircling bases provoke dangerous reactions (similarity 0.86)
• The Cuban Missile Crisis shows bases provoke the encircled power (similarity 0.83)
• The Dal Molin base decision helped topple Italy’s prime minister. (similarity 0.82)
• Postwar weakness drove Italy to grant the US broad base and communications rights (similarity 0.79)
• US diplomats pressured Italy by threatening to relocate the base elsewhere (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Bases surrounding a rival power provoke dangerous escalation #expands (0.60) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1061