Kennedy’s New Frontier
The Effect of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on the Arms Race of the Cold War The turn of the 1960’s ushered in an age of change, both politically and socially, in the United States. The Eisenhower years of the 1950’s was a time in America that focused very much on the establishment of conservative political values; the American dream was concrete, a man and a woman have a boy and a girl with a car, a nice house, and a white picket fence in suburban America. But the 1960’s changed that vision into one of a liberal age that focused on the hippie movement and the empowerment of the 99%. This was first made possible by the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the 1960 election. Kennedy was a native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the Second World War. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant before becoming a well-known member of Congress. Serving in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, Kennedy was already well versed in the …show more content…
Although the Americans and Soviets were both wanting to keep ahead of the other, the safety of the world was more important to ensure. This treaty was a win for Kennedy; passing the treaty was effective in establishing Kennedy’s political reputation both domestically and internationally and made the Soviet Union slow way down in nuclear production while also making it look weak in comparison to the United States. The treaty has historically been viewed as a success because of the many ideals it pushed forward in the Cold War, being both environmentally sound while putting cuffs on the Soviet war machine. Kennedy’s presidency was iconic in the context of the Cold War for all the legislation he passed. The treaty will be remembered as the defining piece of Cold War legislation that Kennedy passed and changed nuclear warfare
The Effect of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on the Arms Race of the Cold War The turn of the 1960’s ushered in an age of change, both politically and socially, in the United States. The Eisenhower years of the 1950’s was a time in America that focused very much on the establishment of conservative political values; the American dream was concrete, a man and a woman have a boy and a girl with a car, a nice house, and a white picket fence in suburban America. But the 1960’s changed that vision into one of a liberal age that focused on the hippie movement and the empowerment of the 99%. This was first made possible by the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the 1960 election. Kennedy was a native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the Second World War. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant before becoming a well-known member of Congress. Serving in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, Kennedy was already well versed in the …show more content…
Although the Americans and Soviets were both wanting to keep ahead of the other, the safety of the world was more important to ensure. This treaty was a win for Kennedy; passing the treaty was effective in establishing Kennedy’s political reputation both domestically and internationally and made the Soviet Union slow way down in nuclear production while also making it look weak in comparison to the United States. The treaty has historically been viewed as a success because of the many ideals it pushed forward in the Cold War, being both environmentally sound while putting cuffs on the Soviet war machine. Kennedy’s presidency was iconic in the context of the Cold War for all the legislation he passed. The treaty will be remembered as the defining piece of Cold War legislation that Kennedy passed and changed nuclear warfare