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JFK AND THE COLD WAR

3. JFK president video: http://www. youtube. com/watch
CRISIS:
Five options:

4. JKF GUARANTEES TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON!

5. Fidel Castro creates a communist government in Cuba, 90 miles from Florida

6. Bay of Pigs disaster
Kennedy learns of plan to invade Cuba 9 days after elected….
Okays it…
Disaster

7. October 1962-
Cuban missile
crisis

8. 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Open direct negotiations with Krushchev asking that the missiles be withdrawn (is this “negotiable”?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)

9. The result JFK: blockade Nukes gone… we will leave Cuba alone….
(we also agree to remove nukes from Greece and Turkey)

10. JFK: PEACE CORPS CREATED
VOLUNTEERS TO DEVELOPING NATIONS OF ASIA, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA
AGRICULTURAL ADVISORS, TEACHERS…

11. COLD WAR REPORT CARDS: