John F. Kennedy once stated “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty” he kept true to this throughout the cold war especially his presidency. He used his foreign policy, Flexible response to help to beat and succeed the events that took place in the cold war
President John F. Kennedy’s foreign policy was Flexible Response, the Flexible response was different from most of the other president's foreign policy. John F. Kennedy’s foreign response was a defensive strategy unlike some of the others president's attack policies. Flexible response …show more content…
John F. Kennedy uses this foreign policy throughout the cold war. In this paper, you are gonna find out how he used this policy in the events of The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Berlin Wall, and The Peace Corps during the cold war. During his time as president, John F. Kennedy has to handle several huge events that had to do with the Cold War. One of these that he handled very successfully was The Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis took place during October of 1962. It can pretty much be summed up as how America and Russia almost went into nuclear war against each other in 13 days, but I'm still gonna explain it further. The Cuban missile crisis was an intense 13 day military and political battle between the soviet union and America. America had found out by a U-2 plane that the soviet union has installed some