1. © 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Kennedy’s Cold War 1961-1963) Cold War Frustrations Cold War Frustrations –Bay of Pigs invasion (1961) –Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) –Kennedy and Vietnam –Diem falls (Nov, 1963) Confronting Khrushchev Confronting Khrushchev –The Berlin Wall (1961-1989) –A flexible nuclear response 1

2. © 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. The Missiles of October The Missiles of October –A naval blockade –Nuclear test ban treaty –Kennedy: “We all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” –Note: Watch “Missiles of October,” or “13 Days” 2

3. © 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 3 “The nuclear anxieties of the 1950s, so much a part of the suburban era, yielded to different concerns in the 1960s. In large part, that change came about because the supposed consensus of the 1950s marked a profound lack of consensus concerning the state of equality in America. … The 1950s sparked a movement pursued by ordinary Americans who acted, despite the reluctance of their leaders, to bring about a civil rights revolution.”