JFK and the Cold War

Policies to fight Communism Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD): Flexible Response:

Cold War Events Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) -Cuban refugees trained by CIA to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro (Communist, ally of Soviet Union)—had to be a secret mission with no ties to the U.S. due to a risk of war -Plan failed:   1.) 2.)   -U.S. was forced to pay a ransom of supplies and medicine to get the refugees released -The failure exposed a U.S. plot to overthrow a neighboring country and made the U.S. look weak and disorganized

Berlin Wall (1961): -Why it was built:   -JFK’s response:

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) What caused a “crisis”?:   JFK’s response: How the crisis was resolved: