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    war. In this chapter, it will discuss about president John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, also officers and soldiers in the field and of Americans at home. Many Americans have a question about why soldiers were sending to Vietnam even though Soldiers were getting kill and suffer from their duty. Because of American helicopter pilot got kill in Vietnam, American people ask many question to President John F. Kennedy and official government office. has to explain why…

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    President Kennedy killed by a lone gunman, or was there a conspiracy? Well, in my opinion there is no way that one man alone could have assassinated the head of the United States, there just had to be a conspiracy. During his presidency, John F. Kennedy made a quantity of enemies that all seem to have some type of relation with the assassination as a whole. The Kennedy administration experienced a tense standoff with the Soviet Union attempting house their missiles in Cuba. The Kennedy…

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    John F. Kennedy’s assassination was not justified because as president, he passed many laws for desegregation, education, government employment and voting rights. He also cared greatly for the American people and the economy; although, president Kennedy did have enemies that were threatened by his accomplishments and conspired to kill him. Being the youngest man elected to office was exciting for John F kennedy himself and the American people. Everybody was hopeful for the future ahead with…

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    John F. Kennedy had excellent leadership qualities. As a young man, Kennedy was not the well-mannered, hard-working man he was during his roles in the government, but he still had leadership qualities. His leadership qualities were shown during his involvement in the Muckers’ Club while he attended Choate School. This club did several things in straight defiance of the school’s beliefs and rules. It was basically a club opposite of the student council. Although he was a troublemaker, he was…

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    On Monday, October 22, 1962, John F. Kennedy announced to the public that nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union was an impending possibility. In what would come to be known as one of the most daunting presidential addresses during the Cold War, Kennedy informed the public that there was a series of offensive missile sites on the island of Cuba, which had been placed there by the Soviet Union. Kennedy went on to inform his audience that the Soviet Union had been ordered to…

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    By the 1960’s the U.S. was facing multiple tasks to follow where they were facing debt after the end of the second world war and crisis in Berlin. Not to mention President John F. Kennedy’s news conference on April 11, 1962, in which Kennedy gave his opposition view towards large steel companies raising their steel prices by 3.5 percent. He does so through his concern for the American people sending family members out to fight, vilifying the corporations itself, and even using forms of…

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    The film JFK is an example of historical streamlining. The film changed the debate regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Oliver Stone utilized an important historical character and chain of events for his own profit. He created myths and twisted history. He outright distorted history to further his artistic agenda. Oliver Stone’s film JFK blurs the lines between fact and fiction much like other docudramas. One of the most controversial topics about the film JFK is Stone’s argument…

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    The three Presidents elect; Barrack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy gave inaugural speeches with the aim to strengthen their commitment and relationship with the people. However, each of them had a different specific purpose. Their statement meant to show the citizens of United States achieving their goals was their primary objective.The specific purposes of the inaugural address by President J. F. Kennedy was a reflection of his life experience and core beliefs with the…

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    Numerous historians would agree that John F. Kennedy had a brusque presidency. However, during that brief time numerous issues surfaced, such as foreign policy and Civil Rights. A fraction of these crises were resolved, a sizable segment were not. Along with handling these problems, Kennedy also refined various programs already in existence and began a few others. Unfortunately, a portion of these initiatives, such as Kennedy’s attempts to produce an integrated society for blacks, and fortify…

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    “Gettysburg Address” to Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, these orations have all had their own unique effects on the United States’ history. Among those most famous and sacred speeches, one must include John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. On the afternoon of January 20, 1961, Kennedy delivered one of the most powerful call-to-action speeches ever to be spoken to the general public (Bredhoff, n.d.). His speech was so influential that it captured the nation’s attention, and to this…

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