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J JFK AND THE COLD WAR. JFK president video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MEL105aG50&playnext=1&list=PLF47EA821A7291317 CRISIS: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zObCklM5LPw Five options:. JKF GUARANTEES TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON!.
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J JFK AND THE COLD WAR
JFK president video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MEL105aG50&playnext=1&list=PLF47EA821A7291317 • CRISIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zObCklM5LPw • Five options:
Fidel Castro creates a communist government in Cuba, 90 miles from Florida
Bay of Pigs disaster • Kennedy learns of plan to invade Cuba 9 days after elected…. • Okays it… • Disaster
October 1962- Cuban missile crisis
5 options: • Do nothing: ignore the missiles in Cuba • Open direct negotiations with Krushchev asking that the missiles be withdrawn (is this “negotiable”? Would it be giving in to, or rewarding, the action?) • Order a blockade of Cuba until the missiles are removed (RFK) • Send a warning to Castro and Kruschev, and if the dismantling of the missile sites is not underway within 24 hours, order an air strike against the sites (CIA director) • *** “brinksmanship” • Order an air strike against the missile sites without any warning (Taylor- chairman, joint chief of staff)
The result • JFK: blockade • Nukes gone… we will leave Cuba alone…. • (we also agree to remove nukes from Greece and Turkey)
JFK: PEACE CORPS CREATED • VOLUNTEERS TO DEVELOPING NATIONS OF ASIA, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA • AGRICULTURAL ADVISORS, TEACHERS…