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    The document provides background information on the context leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. It discusses Kennedy's "Flexible Response" military policy, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 which embarrassed Kennedy, the establishment of the Peace Corps in 1961 as an alternative to military containment of communism, and the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 as tensions escalated between the US and Soviet Union. It then outlines the key events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when the US discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, resulting in a naval blockade by Kennedy and negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev that avoided nuclear war.

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    The document provides background information on the context leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. It discusses Kennedy's "Flexible Response" military policy, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 which embarrassed Kennedy, the establishment of the Peace Corps in 1961 as an alternative to military containment of communism, and the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 as tensions escalated between the US and Soviet Union. It then outlines the key events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when the US discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, resulting in a naval blockade by Kennedy and negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev that avoided nuclear war.

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    John F.

    Kennedy and the


    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Background for Thirteen Days

    "Flexible Response"

    Conventional vs. Nuclear


    Missile Gap
    Peacetime buildup
    Third World wars
    No nukes?
    2nd strike capability

    Todays ICBM
    (Inter-Continental
    Ballistic Missile)
    Capable of striking
    any location on the
    planet with a nuclear
    attack

    Bay of Pigs
    Operation Mongoose,
    1960
    Eisenhower authorized
    CIA to organize, train,
    and arm a brigade of
    1,400 Cuban exiles for an
    invasion of Cuba
    Wanted to overthrow
    Fidel Castro.
    JFK continued the plan

    George Washington

    Bay of Pigs Outcome


    In April 1961, invasion
    failed miserably
    1,189 men were
    captured, 400 killed,
    only 14 exiles
    rescued
    Apologies
    Kennedy: Its the CIA
    Significance

    Kennedys Apology

    Castro at Bay of Pigs

    Peace Corps
    sent young volunteers
    (doctors, lawyers and
    engineers) to third world
    countries for locally
    sponsored projects
    Sought to improve
    economic stagnation,
    poor health care and
    education.
    Alternative to military
    containment of
    communism.

    Berlin Wall, 1961

    West Berlin
    Khrushchevs ultimatum
    Kennedys Response
    August, 1961: The Wall
    Purpose
    Symbolization

    Wall Comes Down


    - 1989

    Cuban Missile Crisis


    (October 1962)

    Cuban Nukes
    Purpose
    Threat?
    Photo Recon
    Frogs
    Soviet Navy

    Why Worry?

    JFKs Response
    October 22:
    "quarantine"
    Retaliation
    "surgical" bombing?
    Not another Bay of
    Pigs
    Frogs
    Full alert.

    Key Advisors / Actors in the Cuban


    Missile Crisis
    Robert Kennedy JFKs
    brother (Clip)
    Kenneth ODonnel
    Special Advisor to Pres.
    (Played by Costner in film)
    Robert McNamara Sec.
    of Defense (interviewee in
    upcoming Fog of War)
    General Curtis Lemay Air
    Force Chief of Staff
    Adlai Stevenson
    Ambassador to the UN

    Outcome
    Soviet ships head for
    Cuba
    Do we shoot?
    October 24 blockade
    reached
    October 26 Turkish
    missiles
    The agreement
    Good for Kennedy?
    Good for Khruschev?

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