John F Kennedy's New Frontier
In the Presidential campaign of 1960, John F. Kennedy broke through American complacency with a call to get America moving again. It had not occurred to most American citizens that their country was not meeting its challenges; indeed few thought about what those challenges were. Yet in his skillful presentation of facts and figures, overlaid with a "New Frontier" philosophy of vigor, direction, and adventure, Kennedy reached the people and slipped into office. He served his country not even three years. The New Frontier that was Kennedy's trademark was a summation of the Kennedy philosophy. It was the philosophy that stated that then was the time for Americans to stop thinking of themselves as single Americans first and a united peoples second, a time to come together for the good of the whole nation rather than personal gain. He believed his philosophy was a worthy successor to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the late 1930's and early 1940's (Sorenson 167). Kennedy thought that the whole world would be watching to see how the United States would handle the issues that were arising in the world. Issues such as scientific discoveries, space exploration, and issues with equality
" (Kennedy 1960) Never has it been said better, especially by a politician. Kennedy was also primarily involved with the new issue (at the time!) of space exploration. It makes me have very mixed feelings, on the one hand I am as proud as I have ever been to be an American because of the fact that we had such a wonderful and vibrant young leader, and then I also am almost ashamed to be part of a country that I believe had some level of involvement with his subsequent demise. Kennedy found out about the missiles in early October and his response was of global importance, as how he would respond to Khrushchev would be an indicator of who was truly the dominant world power, and at the time that was as important as any other aspect of world relations because many countries were on the verge of communism or free democracy, so it makes sense that whoever was considered !the number one force in the world, their style of governing their bodies of peoples would have the advantage. In the end, after almost two weeks of incredibly intense haggling with his Joint Chiefs of Staffs, Kennedy decided to blockade Cuba from the Russian supplies coming from overseas until the missiles were disassembled and removed. Kennedy was amazingly popular among people of minority and lower class stature, as these were the people he fought so hard for equality for. The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the things I read about that interested me a great deal. Another area that gathered Kennedy great respect and admiration was his constant and unyielding push for civil rights for all. Did he practice bad judgement and possibly go outside of his marriage vows, such as the rumors about Marilyn Monroe? Probably. In part due to this report, I have now become an ardent supporter and I guess you could say a "fan" of this President. Did he make questionable decisions, like the Bay of Pigs invasion on Cuba? Absolutely. After much in-fighting, Kennedy and his staff all supported the blockade and it worked to perfection, although there was much speculation that Khrushchev would ram the quarantine and therefore all American military forces! were on full alert stand-by in case of full-scale attack (Parmet 287).
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