John F Kennedy Failure Essay

Jackson Herrick

Mrs. Stephens

08-ElA-01

31 January 2023

JFK Research Rough Draft

John F. Kennedy's Successes and Failures

Kennedy had one of the most interesting terms in U.S. history. Without the miracle of John F. Kennedy being elected the 35th U.S. president, the slogan “ask not what your county can do for you, but what you can do for your country” would have never been born. Even though Kennedy was only in office for three years, he was one of the most successful presidents. One of Kennedy’s great successes was the space race. “The American intelligence had stolen—or, more accurately, borrowed—one of the Soviet Union’s most important technologies; A Lunik space vehicle, which was a key component in its race with the United States to

“In October 1962, Kennedy faced the most serious international crisis of his administration. Aerial photographs showed that Soviet missile bases were being built in Cuba. Declaring this buildup as a threat to the nations of the Western Hemisphere, Kennedy warned that any attack by Cuba would be regarded as an attack by the Soviets, and the United States would retaliate against the Soviet Union” (John F. Kennedy). This event could have ended the world as we know it. The missiles were within 90 miles of the U.S. so any missile could have hit any major city. Also, One of Kennedy’s great successes was the space race. “In addition, Mao criticized Khrushchev’s handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and accused the Soviet Union of disseminating a distorted form of Marxism” (Sino-Soviet split.). With this happening, Russia could have attempted to attack the U.S. because they were criticized. The U.S. could have been in a nuclear war if not for John F.

“Later, in the spring of 1961, the Bay of Pigs near Havana, Cuba, was invaded by opponents of Cuba’s Communist premier, Fidel Castro” (Britannica School). Kennedy was only in office for one year when the CIA came to him. They wanted him to sign papers to launch the Bay Of Pigs. It was a failed plan. The Cuban army knew that they were coming. The U.S. was gunned down the first minute they stepped into Cuba (John F. Kennedy). “Kennedy was criticized by some for having approved the CIA’s support of the invasion. Others blamed him for the operation’s failure. Kennedy met with Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union in Vienna, Austria, in June to discuss the German question. The conference did not alter Communist goals.” Kennedy owned up to his mistake and then met with the leader of Russia to try to remove the missiles in Cuba. The U.S. had the remove the missiles in Austria that pointed at the Soviet