The Bay of Pigs, Berlin, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 11 The U-2 collapse narrowed trust before Kennedy took office In May 1960 a Soviet missile brought down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane flown by Francis Gary Powers. The Eisenhower administration first issued a cover story, but Soviet possession of the pilot and aircraft exposed it. Nikita […]
Kennedy’s New Frontier and Cold War Development Policy
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 11 A narrow victory met a divided governing system John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in 1960 by a very small popular-vote margin while Democrats retained Congress. Party labels did not guarantee a liberal majority: southern committee chairs and conservative Republicans could combine against domestic proposals. Kennedy […]
