Foreign policy was exemplified by a show of courage (guts) on the part of both the US & USSR leaders. Both of those men were WWII veterans, and both of them saw heavy fighting during WWII...they weren't television actors...these two men actually pulled triggers and killed before. Now they were going to do it with atomic missiles! Castro (of Cuba) was simply a young inexperienced man at the time...a pawn in the game called the "cold war."
The Cuban Missile Crisis of '62 would prove who would replay WWII(I) all over again...this time with nukes. Fortunately, the wisdom those two WWII veterans had gained in that war overcame the rashness of the atomic armed 1960's generation.
John F Kennedy was 45 years old when he died.
Great Society
President Carter supported Soviet dissidents.
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The first televised debate between two Presidential candidates was between Nixon and Kennedy.
The Alliance for Progress resulted in improved relations between Latin America and the United States. The alliance was initiated by President Kennedy.
howm did the meeting in vienna affect relation between kennedy and khrushchev?
John F Kennedy was 45 years old when he died.
Great Society
Relations between the United States and Cuba were poor in 1960 because President John Kennedy did not trust the new Cuban dictator. Fidel Castro had just come into power at this time and the United States feared Communism would spread.
John F. Kennedy served during these years.
President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by Executive Order on March 1, 1961. President Kennedy sought to encourage mutual understanding between Americans and people of other nations and cultures.
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Lyndon Johnson preceded Nixon and succeeded Kennedy as US President.
President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by Executive Order on March 1, 1961. President Kennedy sought to encourage mutual understanding between Americans and people of other nations and cultures.
Eisenhower was US president before Nixon, with Kennedy and Johnson in between..
Improving relations with France was one of Adams first goals as president. He was determined to stay out of the war between the French and British.